Marlene Laruelle

Marlene Laruelle is research professor of international affairs and director of the Central Asia Program at the George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs.

July 2020, Volume 31, Issue 3

Making Sense of Russia’s Illiberalism

The illiberal credo prominent in Russia’s foreign policy is more than just a clever political ploy. Rather, this outlook reflects the traumatic experience of the 1990s, and it is stoked by young political thinkers, the Russian Orthodox Church, and the Kremlin itself.