{"id":2655,"date":"2026-07-08T10:10:54","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T14:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/?p=2655"},"modified":"2026-07-08T10:10:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T14:10:55","slug":"understanding-russias-family-policy-for-wartime-resilience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/2026\/understanding-russias-family-policy-for-wartime-resilience\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding Russia\u2019s Family Policy for Wartime Resilience"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Understanding Russia\u2019s Family Policy for Wartime Resilience \n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                                    \n\n<p>By John Kay, University of Helsinki<\/p>\n\n\n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"executive-summary\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Executive Summary<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Russia\u2019s ability to sustain\u00a0its\u00a0war against Ukraine depends not only on military capacity but on how the state manages the social and economic pressures placed on families.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>So-called \u201ctraditional\u201d spiritual-moral values provide the ideological framework through which the state justifies sacrifice, promotes compliance, and assigns meaning to the disruption of family life caused by the war in Ukraine.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Extensive financial and social benefits for military families help stabilize the home front and support recruitment, but these measures are costly and may be difficult to sustain over time.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The war\u2019s impact on families is uneven across regions, creating long-term demographic and social vulnerabilities that could undermine Russia\u2019s post-war stability.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Russian family policy prioritizes material support and narrative control while existing structures are inadequately prepared to address key problems of veteran reintegration, including mental health challenges and increased risks of domestic violence.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/acrobat.adobe.com\/id\/urn:aaid:sc:us:789d1731-55fb-42e4-a3a7-e1996a35a348\">\u00a0Read Now<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This policy brief examines how the Kremlin has been espousing traditionalist values to provide material support and narrative control to The War in 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