title: The Ideology of Putinism: Is It Sustainable?
abstract: Does Vladimir Putin have an ideology? The authors of this report argue that he does. Borrowing heavily from czarist and Soviet themes, as well as other intellectual sources like the twentieth-century radical right, Putinism elevates an idea of imperial-nationalist statism amplified by Russian greatness, exceptionalism, and historical struggle against the West. Statism, a key pillar of Putin's ideology, includes deference to a strong, stable state, allowing Russians to be Russians; such statism i