In What Way Has The Second Chechen War Contributed To Putin’s ‘strong State’ Paradigm? Cover Image

Kako je Drugi čečenski rat doprineo Putinovoj paradigmi jake države?
In What Way Has The Second Chechen War Contributed To Putin’s ‘strong State’ Paradigm?

Author(s): Jelena Radoman
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: BCBP Beogradski centar za bezbednosnu politiku
Keywords: Vladimir Putin; “strong state”; second Chechen war; “the power verticale”

Summary/Abstract: The main purpose of the present paper is to explore the link between Vladimir Putin’s arrival in the post of Prime Minister of the Russian Federation and the beginning of the second Russian military campaign in Chechnya. Over the course of the military campaign Putin promoted the idea of a “strong state” which became a distinc-tive element of his political style. The author does not mean to claim that Putin was promoted as a new political personality only as a result of the circumstances of the war, but rathet that the “successes” of the Russain armed forces and Putin’s personal attitude towards the issue of Chechnya have certainly boosted his popularity as a new leader and that of his political programme.

  • Issue Year: 2008
  • Issue No: 11
  • Page Range: 20-26
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Serbian