Russia’s Preventive Deterrence and the Ukraine War

• In Event: Deterrence: Theories, Strategies, and Approaches by Great Powers

Brief Overview

To act now is to deter later in the Russian art of deterrence. It entails kinetic actions taken now to deter any future armed attack on the state and shape the strategic environment in one’s own favour.

Author

• Anshu Kumar, Jawaharlal Nehru University