A good deal of confusion has arisen in the West about Russia's latest "Concept of National Security," which formally took effect on January 10 and was published in the weekly military supplement Nezavisimoe voennoe obozrenie on January 14. Shortly after the Concept was published, some Western commentators described it as a "bold initiative" by the new Russian president, Vladimir Putin, who supposedly "is seeking to define a more assertive course for Russia after years of drift under [Boris] Yeltsin." One such commentator asserted that Putin, who took office on December 31 after Yeltsin resigned, was "staking out a name for himself as someone ready to defend Russian interests." […]
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http://www.gwu.edu/~ieresgwu/assets/docs/ponars/pm_0103.pdf
