Mark Galeotti: Russia is only a threat if we let it be one
Russia's President Vladimir Putin (C) speaks during a meeting with leaders of Russian State Duma fractions at the Kremlin in Moscow on July 14.
And Putin knows this. We worry about Russian “hybrid warfare” (mixing military and non-military means), but the truth is that they think we invented and perfected this way of bringing down societies from without. They may look tough and confident, but they fear us – until we look too weak and muddle-headed to be fearsome.
