NEWSLINK RAND: “Russia’s Determination to Revise the Post-Cold War Order”

“The Russian economy has been in recession for nearly two years now, with GDP growth shrinking by 3.7 percent in 2015. However, as the recession continues and persistent low oil prices cut government revenues to the bone, military spending has remained almost immune to cuts, and the country has undertaken expensive foreign military interventions in Ukraine and Syria. The Cipher Brief asks Christopher Chivvis, associate director of the RAND Corporation’s International Security and Defense Policy Center, to explain this behavior.  …”