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100	1		_aKRAGH Martin
700			_aANDERMO Erik
700			_aMAKASHOVA Liliia
245			_aConspiracy theories in Russian security thinking/ _cMartin Kragh, Erik Andermo & Liliia Makashova
260			_c2022
520			_aBased on an analysis of around 500 texts from security-affiliated Russian academic journals and one newspaper over a ten-year period, this article details how conspiratorial ideas are spread, tolerated and legitimised within military institutions and official think tanks in Russia. Particular conspiracy theories systematically underpin a broader conspiratorial worldview, which in its basic orientation is anti-Western and illiberal, and which reinforces a perception of Russia as being under threat. As such, this phenomenon serves to justify and rationalise both Russian foreign policy conduct, as well as the targeted repression of various domestic groups as necessary for security reasons. We discuss whether the prevalence of conspiratorial ideas merely reflects an established worldview popular in certain circles or if it influences actual policy and outline some policy implications for the interpretation of Russian foreign policy conduct. The prevalence of conspiracy theories in renowned publications is a concern in itself since it hampers a genuine understanding of international affairs.
650			_aRUSSIA _xSECURITY _xERRANT DATA _xCRIPPLED EPISTEMOLOGIES _xTHE DERIVATION OF CLAIMS _xRUSSIAN SOCIETY _xMILITARY AND SECURITY _xMILITARY THOUGHT _xTHE HERALD OF THE ACADEMY OF MILITARY SCIENCES _xPROBLEMS OF NATIONAL STRATEGY _xMILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COURIER
773			_aThe Journal of Strategic Studies : _gVol 45 No.3, June 2022, pp. 334-368 (98)
598			_aRUSSIA, SECURITY
856			_uhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01402390.2020.1717954 _zClick here for full text
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