19Oca 2022 ARTICLES CONTRIBUTORS DEFENCE & SECURITY HUSEYIN OYLUPINARWhy Now? Vladimir Putin’s Quest for More PowerHuseyin Oylupinar (PhD) Foreign Policy Institute @oylupinar oylupina@ualberta.ca After December 17, 2021 template agreements published by the Russian Foreign Ministry,[i] Russian-US and Russia-NATO relations have entered a new phase within…