France’s position towards Russia has been ambivalent for decades, based in part on myths, projections and unrealistic ambitions. Emmanuel Macron’s policies vis-à-vis Moscow seem to embody this. At the beginning...
Dimitri Minic
is a researcher at the Russia/Eurasia Center of the Institut français des relations internationales (Ifri) in Paris. He holds a doctorate in the history of international relations from Sorbonne University (2021) and is the author of Pensée et culture stratégiques russes (Russian strategic thinking and culture, Paris, Maison des sciences de l’homme, April 2023), a book based on his dissertation for which he received the Prix Albert Thibaudet 2023. His research focuses on Russian strategic thinking, the Russian army and Russian hybrid and high-intensity capabilities. He also works on the strategic and political culture of Russia’s politico-military elites and threat perception.”