Sea in Russian Strategy

For the first two decades after the Cold War, Russian naval power hardly featured in the Euro-Atlantic community's strategic thinking. This began to change in the mid-2010s, as the idea that the Russian navy poses a threat to NATO began to gain ground. That threat took shockingly real form in February 2022, when Moscow launched its invasion of Ukraine.

The sea in Russian strategy is the first sustained examination of Russian maritime power in the period since the fall of the Soviet Union. It brings together leading specialists from public policy and academia to reflect on historical and contemporary aspects of Russia's naval strategy and capacities.

At a time of mounting tensions, which some observers have named the 'Fourth Battle of the Atlantic', the book offers an informed and nuanced discussion, taking into account the view from Moscow and how this differs from western perspectives. It sketches a trajectory of Russia's power at sea and reflects on current capabilities and problems, as well as Moscow's strategic planning for the future.

About the author

Andrew Monaghan is Academic Visitor at St Antony’s College, Oxford and a Senior Research Fellow in the Russia and Eurasia Programme at The Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House

Product details

• Assisted by: Andrew Monaghan (Editor), Richard (Director Connolly (Editor), Richard Connolly (Editor), Monaghan Andrew (Editor), Connolly Richard (Editor)
• Authors: Andrew Connolly Monaghan
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 31.12.2022
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous
• EAN: 9781526168788
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-6878-8
• Pages: 272
• Series: Russian Strategy and Power
• Subjects: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), Russia, Vladimir Putin, HISTORY / Military / Naval, HISTORY / Military / Strategy, 21st Century, Cold War, Moskva, Naval forces & warfare, Defence strategy, planning & research, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Military and defence strategy, Naval forces and warfare, Early 21st century c 2000 to c 2050, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), Sea Power, Russia-Ukraine war, Hybrid war, Russian naval strategy; Cold War; hybrid war; sea power; Fourth Battle of the Atlantic; maritime theory; Russian Navy; Admiral Kuznetsov; Moskva; Kalibr missile; Vladimir Putin; Russia-Ukraine War, Russian Navy, Fourth Battle of the Atlantic, Kalibr missile, Admiral Kuznetsov, maritime theory