What drives Russian foreign policy? Find out at #LSEDahrendorf on 3/11 with @DmitriTrenin. http://www.lse.ac.uk/publicEvents/events/2015/11/20151103t1830vOT.aspx … pic.twitter.com/wjrxRHyRBc
"Russian FP is not only a tool of regime preservation" says @DmitriTrenin at @lseideas #LSEDahrendorf lecture.
Putin's goals: elevate Russia to its "rightful place" - as common Russians agree - as a world power, says @DmitriTrenin #lserussia
Putin adopted Gorbachev's agenda of "europeanizing" Russia but became disillusioned w lack of progress, says @DmitriTrenin #lsedahrendorf- "Putin's 'midlife crisis' during the Medvedev years turned him into a more ideological leader." - What ideology though? #LSEDahrendorf
Trenin: From 2011 Putin became more ideological, seein himself in long line of Russian leaders, not anymore just as a manager #lsedahrendorf- Putin's priority since 2012: nationalisation of the Russian elite, says @DmitriTrenin. #lserussia #lsedahrendorf
- Since 2012,Putin objective is nationalisation of elites. Because colour revolutions happen when elites switch sides. #Trenin #lsedahrendorf
- "Russia can no longer consider Europe as a model and mentor - her values are too liberal" says @DmitriTrenin at @lseideas #LSEDahrendorf
- Russian law bans foreign funds to NGOs: example of Putin's movement against foreign influence in domestic affairs. @DmitriTrenin #lserussia
- Trenin:Putin nationalisation of Rus elites=making them less influential from the outside and more manipulable from the inside #lsedahrendorf
- Yet I believe that Russia still struggles to define its own values- 'not European' is not enough to define a value #LSEDahrendorf @lseideas
- .@DmitriTrenin mentions PussyRiot incident: Russia draws line in the sand, unwilling to follow European trends any longer #lserussia
The center of Russian's foreign policy is geopolitical, economic, and cultural unity of the old Soviet Union #LSEDahrendorf- Putin's popularity was helped by the sanctions that followed after the invasion of Crimea #LSEDahrendorf
Dmitry Trenin: analogy between #coldwar and today's situation is wrong. #LSEDahrendorf- Crimea cemented a new relationship between the Kremlin and the Russian people says @DmitriTrenin @lseideas @LSEIRDept #lsedahrendorf
Russia's Syria intervention - simply about killing jihadists, not winning war, says D Trenin. #LSEDahrendorf
@DmitriTrenin : #Russia fighting a war in #Syria is not fighting to win. But fighting to kill. #lserussia #LSEDahrendorf
#Russia in #Syria not to win but kill as many ex-Soviet jihadis as poss says @DmitriTrenin . Does their targeting say that? #LSEDahrendorf
#Syria: 'Russia is waging its first US-style war: Air and naval power, killing instead of getting killed' - @DmitriTrenin #LSEDahrendorf- "Russia in process of turning itself into nation state, as post-Communist countries do" says @DmitriTrenin, but from top down. #lserussia
Fascinating talk #LSEDahrendorf Putin is using military force abroad to restore a Russian national identity.
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