Book Discussion - Nurlan Aliyev, Reassessing Russia's Security Policy (Routledge, 2023)
Dr Nurlan Aliyev in conversations with Professor Bettina Renz (University of Nottingham) and Dr Natasha Kuhrt (King’s College London)
Based on extensive original research, Nurlan Aliyev’s book Reassessing Russia's Security Policy evaluates how far Russia’s security policy is underpinned by “strategic asymmetry”—the acceptance by Russia of its inferior military position, and the pursuit of its strategic aims through the application of a variety of methods, military and non-military, including the manipulation of public opinion, the use of economic leverage, and external security approaches—known as Russia’s “hybrid war operations”—to gain the advantage over a militarily and economically superior adversary. The book discusses how Russia’s security policy has been and is being applied in specific cases, including the present war in Ukraine, the Russian anti-satellite program, and Russia’s contemporary Afghan policy.
Nurlan Aliyev holds a Ph.D. in philosophy and security studies. His research area is primarily focused on Russia’s foreign and security policy, the Arctic, post-Soviet countries, strategic studies, geopolitics and geoeconomics of Eurasia. Currently he is a lecturer in the University of Economics and Human Sciences in Warsaw. He also conducts seminars for Erasmus program students at the University of Warsaw.