I am reading "Wszystko jest wojną/my translation - everything is war/ by Marek Budzisz about current strategic culture in Moscov.
Very interewsting book,full info about "russian" viev on war -but,problem is,what they did lately on Ukraine is against their doctrine.
I would deliver fragments of their theory - and comment how they fucked it.
First - Fritz W.Ermath in 2006 wrote,that Putin is using old tsarist system of power,modified by soviets and later kgb - but,it is basically the same.
Second - Russian members of "klub wałdajski" wanted putin to copy China of soft power/Confucius centers etc/,when all they are doing is buing members of western elites - and,it is not enough,Moscov must mentally control western elites,not just buy some of them.
And,apparently,Moscov failed do that during current war - except germany.
Very interewsting book,full info about "russian" viev on war -but,problem is,what they did lately on Ukraine is against their doctrine.
I would deliver fragments of their theory - and comment how they fucked it.
First - Fritz W.Ermath in 2006 wrote,that Putin is using old tsarist system of power,modified by soviets and later kgb - but,it is basically the same.
Second - Russian members of "klub wałdajski" wanted putin to copy China of soft power/Confucius centers etc/,when all they are doing is buing members of western elites - and,it is not enough,Moscov must mentally control western elites,not just buy some of them.
And,apparently,Moscov failed do that during current war - except germany.