Russia Is a Rogue State

Russia Is a Rogue State
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the government via a video conference at the Kremlin in Moscow on July 19, 2023. Alexander Kazakov/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images
Anders Corr
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Russian hackers have close links to the Russian government, to the point of taking orders from Moscow on who to attack and leave alone. Some of the attacks are politically motivated by Russian state goals, while others are purely for financial gain. Nearly all are apparently with the tacit approval of the Kremlin.

Anders Corr
Anders Corr
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Anders Corr has a bachelor's/master's in political science from Yale University (2001) and a doctorate in government from Harvard University (2008). He is a principal at Corr Analytics Inc. and publisher of the Journal of Political Risk, and has conducted extensive research in North America, Europe, and Asia. His latest books are “The Concentration of Power: Institutionalization, Hierarchy, and Hegemony” (2021) and “Great Powers, Grand Strategies: the New Game in the South China Sea" (2018).
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