IR 6643 - Russian Intelligence in International Relations: From the KGB to the FSB

3 Semester Hour(s)

The election of 2016 in the United States was unique in that all of the United States Intelligence agencies claimed that the Russian Federation had tried to influence the presidential election in favor of Donald Trump. This technique of hybrid war is nothing new to Russian intelligence agencies. In fact, the Russian intelligence agencies have consistently been honing their skills to act as an efficient wear in the security of the Russian Federation. This class will examine the history of the Russian Intelligence services, their decline during the initial post-Soviet period, and their meteoric resurgence following the ascension of Vladimir Putin, himself a Russian Intelligence operative, to the presidency of the Russian Federation.