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Russian Nuclear Orthodoxy
Religion, Politics, and Strategy
eBook | 2 April 2019 | Edition Number 1
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A nuclear priesthood has arisen in Russia. From portable churches to the consecration of weapons systems, the Russian Orthodox Church has been integrated into every facet of the armed forces to become a vital part of Russian national security, politics, and identity. This extraordinary intertwining of church and military is nowhere more visible than in the nuclear weapons community, where the priesthood has penetrated all levels of command and the Church has positioned itself as a guardian of the state's nuclear potential. Russian Nuclear Orthodoxy considers how, since the Soviet collapse in 1991, the Church has worked its way into the nuclear forces, the most significant wing of one of the world's most powerful military organizations.
Dmitry Adamsky describes how the Orthodox faith has merged with Russian national identity as the Church continues to expand its influence on foreign and domestic politics. The Church both legitimizes and influences Moscow's assertive national security strategy in the twenty-first century. This book sheds light on the role of faith in modern militaries and highlights the implications of this phenomenon for international security. Ultimately, Russian Nuclear Orthodoxy interrogates the implications of the confluence of religion and security for other members of the nuclear club, beyond Russia.
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This chapter introduces the main phenomenon under scrutiny, outlines research objectives, discusses literature lacunae, and introduces the main arguments, the findings, the structure, and the research method of the book.
2State-Church Relations (1991-2000) chapter abstractThis chapter deals with the state-church relations. It describes social, cultural, and ideational reasons for the entrance of religion into Russian politics in general and the inception of the church-military cooperation in particular. It describes how during this "genesis decade" the quest for religiosity emerged as a grassroots phenomenon within the nuclear complex and the latter entered into a covenant with the ROC.
3Faith-Nuclear Nexus (1991-2000) chapter abstractThis chapter explores the state of the faith-nuclear nexus during the discussed decade. It focuses on the ROC's relations with the nuclear industry, particularly in the closed city of Sarov-the capital of the nuclear weapons complex-and on the first bonds of the Moscow Patriarchate with the corps of the Russian nuclear triad. The chapter describes the introduction of religious ceremonies into the everyday functioning of the nuclear community, the designation of patron saints for nuclear institutions, and the construction of churches in the nuclear weapons industry and in the garrisons of the triad's corps.
4Strategic Mythmaking (1991-2000) chapter abstractThis chapter deals with the emergence of strategic mythology-the reading of divine interpretations into the Russian and Soviet military and nuclear history. It describes a search for a new national and professional identity, which marked the exodus of the Russian strategic community, and Russia as a whole, out of the Soviet era.
5State-Church Relations (2000-2010) chapter abstractThis chapter deals with the state-church relations during the "conversion decade." It describes how religion began playing an increasing role in Russian politics since the 2000s, and when the leadership began flirting with faith, and when a top-down trend supplemented the initial grassroots impulse. It discusses the ROC's influence on Russian foreign and domestic policy, the public and personal religious persona of President Putin, and the church-military relations and describes how the Kremlin restituted church property, introduced the institution of the military clergy, and enhanced the ROC's role in educational, social, and foreign policies.
6Faith-Nuclear Nexus (2000-2010) chapter abstractThis chapter explores the state of the faith-nuclear nexus during the discussed decade. It focuses on the gradual conversion of all the nuclear triad corps and the nuclear weapons industry and describes how the ROC became part and parcel of the nuclear officialdom and catechization and churching peaked in all the services of the nuclear triad by the end of the decade.
7Strategic Mythmaking (2000-2010) chapter abstractThis chapter deals with the evolution of the strategic mythology, up to its maturation to the widespread "Russian Nuclear Orthodoxy" concept, arguing that in order to preserve its Orthodox character, Russia needs to ensure its being a strong nuclear power, and to guarantee its nuclear status, it has to be genuinely Orthodox.
8State-Church Relations (2010-2020) chapter abstractThis chapter deals with the state-church relations. It describes how the bottom-up and top-down tendencies of the "genesis" and "conversion" decades have merged, reaching a peak of clericalization in state-church relations. It describes how religion has gained extraordinary prominence in national ideology and begun playing the most central role in Russian domestic and national security policy, and focuses on the church-military relations.
9Faith-Nuclear Nexus (2010-2020) chapter abstractThis chapter explores the faith-atoms nexus and demonstrates the pinnacle, thus far, of the ecclesiastical penetration into the nuclear industry and the nuclear triad. The chapter describes how the clergy became part and parcel of the military, primarily within the nuclear triad, where the priests have penetrated all levels of command, have been fostering patriotism and morale, and have resumed certain responsibilities within human reliability programs. The clergy have become integrated at the lowest tactical-operational levels across the corps.
10Strategic Mythmaking (2010-2020) chapter abstractThis chapter, dealing with strategic mythology, demonstrates how the latter has been informing the worldview and foreign policy choices of Russian decision makers. It also describes how Putin's religious-ideological-philosophical views have matured and informed geopolitical visions within the Russian strategic community.
11Conclusion chapter abstractThis chapter summarizes the main empirical and theoretical findings, speculates how the Kremlin's emphasis on religious ideology and nuclear weapons may manifest itself in prospective diplomatic and military initiatives, and provides several policy-relevant insights for practitioners seeking to engage Moscow on a host of geopolitical issues.
12Epilogue chapter abstractThis chapter situates the findings in a comparative context, to enable the formulation of a generic typology of faith and strategic affairs and to progress toward a parsimonious model of religious belief-driven modern militaries.
ISBN: 9781503608658
ISBN-10: 1503608654
Published: 2nd April 2019
Format: ePUB
Language: English
Number of Pages: 376
Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Edition Number: 1
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