Keir Giles is Senior Consulting Fellow for the Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House and Director of the Conflict Studies Research Centre. He has spent three decades explaining Russia, for the BBC, the UK Ministry of Defence, Chatham House, NATO and in the private sector. His previous publications include Russia's 'New' Tools for Confronting the West (2016), the Handbook of Russian Information Warfare (2016) and Moscow Rules (2019).

Keir Giles is a senior consulting fellow at Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs. He also works with the Conflict Studies Research Centre (CSRC), a group of subject matter experts in Eurasian security with a particular focus on the wide range of security challenges coming from Russia.

Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: Russia's Place in the World
1. A World Apart
2. Great Power and Empire
3. Russia under Threat
4. Winning the Cold War
Part II: Russia's Internal System
5. Ruling Russia
6. The Individual and the State
Part III: Russia's Inheritance
7. Russia's Moral Framework
8. History Matters
Part IV: Prospects for Change
9. Opposition, Protests, and Discontent
10. Change from Within
Conclusion: The Way Forward
Notes
Index