Abstract
Abstract. On 2 July 2021 Russian President Vladimir Putin adopted the National Security Strategy of the Russian Federation. This is one of the most important strategic security document of the state, which presents the key threats and challenges for Russia in changing socio-political realities. The document is also a part of Russian external as well as internal strategic communication. This article seeks to analyze the new NSS in the context of the state’s strategic culture and its narratives. Russian strategic culture makes a large impact on the state’s identity, which is also affecting Russia’s foreign and security policies. New NSS is an informative source of knowledge about the current Russian security culture, which helps to predict the Russian future policy direction. Keywords: Russia’s 2021 National Security Strategy, strategic culture, identity, strategic communication, foreign and security policy.
Highlights
A National Security Strategy (NSS) is an essential document in a country's security policy, which defines the threats, challenges, priorities, and goals for the coming years
The new national security strategy of the Russian Federation demonstrates distinct elements of the country's strategic culture. It is primarily concerned with Russia's contemporary position and goals, which are the transforming of the international order and becoming the moral leader in the post-soviet sphere
The "besieged fortress syndrome" is linked to the confrontation with the United States and its allies, which for a long time have been accused of exploiting Russia's weaknesses by interfering in the Russian information environment, or of socalled "exerting control over Ukraine"
Summary
A National Security Strategy (NSS) is an essential document in a country's security policy, which defines the threats, challenges, priorities, and goals for the coming years. It contains information on how a state positions itself in the international arena, how it interprets the political situation in the world, what threats it considers as existential, and what steps the authorities will take in the future to achieve the goals set out in the strategy. The NSS plays an important narrative role, as it demonstrates a system of norms, values, and ideological foundations, which create the national identity. The concept of national identity and its impact on foreign and security policy is strongly connected with the strategic culture of a state
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