Juliette Faure is a FNRS Postdoctoral Researcher at the Université Libre de Bruxelles* and earned a Ph.D. in political science from Sciences Po in 2022. She received the Michael Freeden Prize for best article published in the Journal of Political Ideologies and is co-editor of the forthcoming Routledge Handbook of Ideology Analysis (2025).

• 1. Introduction; 2. Re-enchanting Soviet modernity (1960–85); 3. The emergence of the Russian hawks as an idea network (1985–99); 4. From fringe to mainstream: Mister Hexogen's controversy (2001–2); 5. The rise of next-generation hawks in the 2000s; 6. Inside the regime's market for ideology (2005–12); 7. Competing for Russia's grand strategy (2012–22); 8. Shaping Russia's wartime ideology (2022–24); 9. Conclusion; Annex 1: List of interviews; Annex 2: Professional occupation and network connections of the Izborskii Klub's founding members (2012–2013); Annex 3: Professional occupation and biographical details of the Izborskii Klub members added in the period 20132021; References.

'Juliette Faure invites us to delve deeply into the history and ideology of Russian Hawks and their gradual move from periphery to mainstream. Her book is a masterful demonstration of the need of an intellectual history of the Putin regime and a must read for all those who want to understand today's Russia.' Marlene Laruelle, Author of Ideology and Meaning-Making under the Putin Regime