“A Thousand Threads” Policy: Russia’s “Soft Power” in the Post-Soviet Space

... revolutions” linked to Western bureaucratic structures have formed a “new international” to promote democracy. Continued use of this model of working with civil society and opposition forces is fraught with political destabilization in the post-Soviet space. The concept of “soft power” that is emerging in Russia consists in forming “a thousand threads” linking Russia to the former Soviet countries through dialogue at the expert, cultural and academic levels. This ...