The four pillars of Russia’s global foreign policy are self-preservation, decompartmentalization, fragmentation, and integration. The United States and its European allies should respond to global Russia with a multi-part containment strategy. One task is analytical: to connect the dots in Russia’s global foreign policy. Another is to confront Russia selectively — where its activities are especially malign. A third is to define its own global outreach positively and not simply as a default strategy for opposing Russia.
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