01585nas a2200265   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002260000900043653001100052653001100063653001600074653004800090653003100138653000900169653002000178653001100198653003100209653001200240653001600252100001900268245005600287300001000343490000700353520095900360       2022                            d  c202210aCrimea10aDonbas10agreat power10ahistorical unity of Russians and Ukrainians10aNational Security Strategy10aNATO10aPresident Putin10aRussia10aspecial military operation10aUkraine10aworld order1 aErik Fagergren00aRussia's Gambit to Redefine the Current World Order  a29-460 v213 a<p>Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia has made iterative changes to its National Security Strategy (NSS) to bolster its position in the world. The initial intent of the NSS was to provide aspirational foreign policy goals and ambitions the Kremlin could work towards. In 2021, President Putin viewed Russia to be in a position to change the Kremlin’s status in the world and decided to take action. In addition to publishing the 2021 NSS, President Putin also penned a personal history essay about Russia and Ukraine. President Putin’s article provides the Kremlin with a narrative to garner popular domestic support and superficial justification for Russia’s actions against Ukraine. The ultimate goal of the NSS is to reestablish the Cold War world order. President Putin is using Ukraine as a means to reassert Russia’s position in the world while at the same time attempting to discredit the Euro-Atlantic rules-based order.</p>