Knowledge base on Russia: RuBase

Russia is back. After two decades of, albeit checkered, attempts at rapprochement between the West and Russia, the Russian leadership has opted for a more confrontational and forceful foreign and security policy. Along Europe’s periphery, Russia is asserting itself aggressively and Europe once again faces war within its borders. Russia is a factor to be reckoned with, even for the Netherlands, on areas of cyber security, trade, and political influence. But, over the last few decades Western decision-makers have struggled to draw on a deep epistemic body of knowledge on Russia and it’s international thinking, RuBase attempts to rectify this.