Zócalo Public SquareWhy Be Afraid of Russia? – Zócalo Public Square https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org Ideas Journalism With a Head and a Heart Mon, 21 Oct 2024 07:01:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Why Be Afraid of Russia? https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/2015/11/06/why-be-afraid-of-russia/ideas/up-for-discussion/ https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/2015/11/06/why-be-afraid-of-russia/ideas/up-for-discussion/#respond Fri, 06 Nov 2015 08:01:36 +0000 Zocalo https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/?p=66329 Russia’s recent actions in Syria have raised new questions about the country’s foreign-policy goals and their meaning for the U.S. Doubts remain about the annexation of Crimea and how it continues to affect Russia’s plans in Europe and beyond. Moscow, meanwhile, must continue to navigate among its aspirations for great power, its sense of encirclement by a vindictive West, and a GDP held hostage by depressed energy prices. Through it all, Putin remains popular with his own citizens, even as his government has ratcheted up harassment of political opponents and minority groups. In advance of the Zócalo event, “Is Russia America’s Biggest Foreign Threat?”, we put the same question to six experts on foreign policy and Russian politics. Yes or no, what does the answer mean for U.S. politics? What should come next in our relationship with Russia?

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]]> Russia’s recent actions in Syria have raised new questions about the country’s foreign-policy goals and their meaning for the U.S. Doubts remain about the annexation of Crimea and how it continues to affect Russia’s plans in Europe and beyond. Moscow, meanwhile, must continue to navigate among its aspirations for great power, its sense of encirclement by a vindictive West, and a GDP held hostage by depressed energy prices. Through it all, Putin remains popular with his own citizens, even as his government has ratcheted up harassment of political opponents and minority groups. In advance of the Zócalo event, “Is Russia America’s Biggest Foreign Threat?”, we put the same question to six experts on foreign policy and Russian politics. Yes or no, what does the answer mean for U.S. politics? What should come next in our relationship with Russia?

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