1、Unlimited Distribution March 2023 ICP-2023-U-035152-Final Copyright CNA 2022 3003 Washington Boulevard,Arlington,VA 22201|703-824-2000|a.org Rapporteur:Brooke Lennox On March 9,2023,CNA held its first Inclusive National Security event of the year(InclusiveNatSec on Twitter),under the theme“intersect
2、ionality.”This months event(recording here),“Masculinity and Authoritarianism:Political Leadership and the Russian Invasion of Ukraine,”examined how masculinity and political leadership intersect in the international and domestic politics of Russia and Ukraine.The event featured Dr.Valerie Sperling,
3、professor of political science at Clark University,and Dr.Marlene Laruelle,director of the Institute for European,Russian,and Eurasian Studies and director of the Illiberalism Studies Program at George Washington Universitys Elliott School of International Affairs.Reflections from Dr.Sperling and Dr
4、.Laruelle Male leaders can tie masculinity to political legitimacy by linking their own strength to dominant characteristics of leadership.This tactic can be seen in times of crisis.For example,a decade after the collapse of the Soviet Union,a weakened Russia launched a propaganda campaign to re-mas
