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Former President Viktor Yankovich made a phone call to Vladimir Putin seeking help. He had called while he was in hiding fleeing to Russia right after that conversation, around a two years ago shortly after over a 100 people were killed in a 48 hour protest. He fled his own country for his own safety. The fact that he fled as president to a neighboring countryRussia, shows just what type of situation this man was left

To modify Winston Churchill’s quote on Russia Putin “…is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.” We can unwrap this mystery by analyzing Putin’s foreign policy through the eyes Morgenthau which will be the basis of this paper. By understanding the mystery we can say that Putin is following a Realist perspective and not the liberalist perspective especially with the Crimean Conflict.

This comes just days after the Canadian Security Intelligence Service quietly released an open-sourced global security analysis warning, among other things, that the hard-line policies of Russian President Vladimir Putin are becoming more deeply entrenched and that Moscow is retooling its military for a fight.

On the face of it, it seems as if Russia is “cold-hearted” whereas the West and the U.S. appears noble for their fight against atrocities. However, Putin adds that interference

For decades, the United States and Russia, formerly The Soviet Union, have held tensions with each other over different political stances and military actions and intelligence. Starting from the late years of World War II - when the Soviet Union had aggressively spread communism throughout Eastern Europe - up to a couple years ago when Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula in Ukraine out of nowhere; their relationship has been a rollercoaster of a ride for these two countries. Even though the United States and Russia are no longer in a Cold War, there has been and continues to be tension between the two countries as exemplified by many events of conflict including the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Russian military’s current presence in Syria.

Increased tensions between NATO and Russia have reached exceptional levels within the last decade, particularly due to aggressive territorial jockeying such as the Russo-Georgian war in 2008 and more recently, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Russia primary fear is the eastward expansion of NATO, which comprises states that formerly played the role of a buffer between east and west.

Once Putin got settled into office, he had to face to a challenge. A nuclear submarine was starting to sink in the Barents Sea and it was carrying 118 seamen. There were torpedoes on board of the submarine and one of them caught fire and exploded. There were twenty-three survivors after the explosion and then a regeneration plate caught fire and the noxious fume killed the remaining 23. While all of this was going on Putin was enjoying himself on vacation! Vacation!! While on vacation he made a comment to the effect of that he cared more about salvaging the equipment than saving the crew. Marina Litvinovich, one of Putin’s helpers during his reelection, was quoted as saying, “if the nation is crying, you have to cry along with it.” Gessen includes this because she wants to provide an insider’s view on the issue. She could have a very important view because she is on the

This week’s reading focused on the changes that took place in the Russian Federation after the presidency of George W. Bush. In class and previous readings, we got a teaser about how the start of the Obama administration in 2008 allowed for a “reset” in relations between the United States and Russia. This second portion of Elkin’s Russia Turns the Page: Historic Sketches of the End of the Post-Soviet Period: A History of the New Russia in 2007-2014. Sheds light on the events that are currently some of the most pressing issues for both nations. In addition, Elkin’s ability to offer an “insider” perspective on some of the varying power dynamics within the Russian Federation made for a very unique read.

When looking at the concept of authority, Vladimir Putin does not have a problem as he is the elected President of a large and influential country—Russia. As such Putin uses his position as a Head of State to try and enhance his authority by calling for unity between the two countries. This op-ed was printed in the foremost newspaper in the U.S. on September 11, 2013. It is on this date that Americans celebrate their resolve and unity. To the global population, this authority would be enough to lend him credibility; but to a skeptical American populous, this could be seen as an outsider taking advantage of a

On February 27 of 2014, masked Russian troops without insignia infiltrated in south Ukraine and captured strategic sites across Crimea, a rugged peninsula that strategically juts in the Black Sea. Within a few days Crimea was under Russian control and by July 2015 Crimea was formally integrated into Russia. The whole episode drew international consternation against Russia, which resulted in successive rounds of economic sanctions. A few days after the annexation, Ms. Clinton likened the move to the actions of Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler (Rucker, 2014), a sentiment that was quickly adopted by the media; for example, on March 2, 2014 Bloomberg published an article entitled, “In Ukraine, Echoes of the Anschluss” (Bershidsky, 2014) and a few days later, on March 7, 2014, BBC published an article entitled, “Crimea seen as ‘Hitler-style’ land grab” (Kralova, 2014). This is a very grave accusation and, given that the USA and Russia collectively hold 90% of all nuclear weapons, prudence is in order.

"America … has an interest in a strong and responsible Russia, not a weak one. We want the Russian people to live in security, prosperity and dignity like everyone else -- proud of their own history. But that does not mean Russia can run roughshod over its neighbors. Just because of Russia’s deep history with the Ukraine, does not mean it should be able to dictate Ukraine’s future.” (state.gov). President Barack Obama, in March 2014, expressed the need for a more accountable and mindful Russia.

I do not think that Russia need to be chastised, I mean they've done some things that remind us that we can't fully trust in them, but I don't really think they need to be chastised. What I do think is that russia is desperately trying to hide their vulnerabilities, Russia faces serious problems in its economy, politics and society. Its population is aging and is expected to contract by 10 percent by 2050. An attempt to use the extraordinary benefits of the commodity boom to modernize the state and its economy failed. Putin has sought to compensate for the vulnerability in his country with aggression abroad.

But given this history of one invasion after another, one can see why Russians are paranoid about security, and how wary Moscow is of the looming encirclement by NATO forces and bases, particularly should Ukraine enter NATO. Russian nationalists and revisionists not only fear threats from abroad, but from within as well. Many Russians today view even the establishment of the Soviet Union as a power grab by Russian Jews, who as Vladimir Putin recently revealed, formed the majority of the first Soviet government https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pDtgWUtdUM

Vladimir Putin’s actions incite economic, military, and political tension within the NATO alliance and set the world stage for Russia to enter the New Cold War. Firstly, Putin’s dwindling respect for the United States of America and Europe - the West - causes him to seek an alternative market for Russia’s economy. Additionally, Putin increases Russia’s military activity inciting tension within NATO and Eurasian countries along its borders. Lastly, Vladimir provocatively drives a “political wedge” between his interests and that of the Western World. If Vladimir Putin continues to incite economic, military and political tension, Russia will be on the glide path headed for a new Cold War.

The concept of restoration is used because it justifies Putin’s activities and criticizes the West for preventing growth in Ukraine. The use of conservatism justifies Russia’s actions because conservatism favours the elite like Putin. The coverage presents conservatism through Putin’s quotations. Thus, the reader must consider that Putin is biased in his assessment of Ukraine’s crisis and Russia’s involvement in Ukraine.