The article that is written by Kathryn Stoner and Michael McFaul which structures an image about the West’s role in intervening the problems that have been faced by Russia, specifically the economic descent. Kathryn Stoner is a political scientist and Senior fellow at the freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University. McFaul as a a U.S. Ambassador to the Russia Federation (2012-2014) and a professor of political science in the same university as Stoner as well. Some of the arguments that are stated in the article is the “too much” camp which contends that the West aggressively forced Russian in enduring the economic hardships and the “too weak” section that posits the development of Russia’s dictatorship caused by the consent of the West.
One of the arguments reflects domestic determinants of Russian Policy by
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McFaul and Stoner also pointed out that Putin’s particular response to his recent domestic challenges was not inevitable. It was commended that Putin and his government expanded media attention to the U.S. threat that purposely portrayed United States with its potential in undermining international stability. They argued, “Different from the Cold War war, however, Putin’s regime added a new dimension to the ideological struggle — conservative Russia versus the liberal West. Russian-state controlled media asserted that Putin had nurtured the rebirth of a conservative, Orthodox Christian society. By contrast, these same media outlets presented the West as decadent, hedonistic, godless and homosexual. Russians need protection from these dangerous Western ideas.” This statement is worth considering for. The lists of dissents given regarding