Putin's Soft Power

Christian Nationalism as a Foreign Policy Weapon

Today, I’m writing about something I’ve been quite obsessed with for a year, and I’m, on and off, working on a paper about it, and that is Russian state ideology. There are three parts to this post: First, how I came across it; Second, Putin’s own admission; Third, my analysis. If you’re not interested in part 1, just skip to the next one.

I made the tra…