Abstract
Putins decisive move against Ukraine was motivated by his vision of the Hobbesian multi-polar world, in which the fast decline of US hegemony is accentuated by rebalancing in favor of ‘emerging powers’. In that fluid picture, the first mover who dares to capture the initiative has a decisive advantage, but the reality check has proven otherwise. The forceful move that was supposed to push the disunited opponents into disarray has resulted in a mobilization of efforts of the stakeholders in the European security system determined to restore its integrity.
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Baev, P. (2015). Russia Reinvents Itself as a Rogue State in the Ungovernable Multi-Polar World. In: Lipman, M., Petrov, N. (eds) The State of Russia: What Comes Next?. Palgrave Pivot, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137548115_5
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