Kremlinology

Noun

Kremlinology (uncountable)

1. The study of the internal politics of the high members of the government of the USSR.
   • Like the Kremlinology of the cold war, the unpacking of Nasrallah’s careful ambiguities is as much art as science. Was he smiling more, some asked last week, as others sought to identify the audiences for different parts of his messaging.2024 January 7, “Israel, Gaza, Lebanon, Iran … how far could war in the Middle East spread?”, in the Guardian
2. (broadly) The study of the internal politics of any powerful and secretive organization.
   • The reason Barbour's comment is meaningful is that he's saying Murdoch — and not Fox chief Roger Ailes, as some speculated — was the driving force behind the contribution. News Corp. has been at pains all along to stress that the money came from the parent company, not from the network, in part to...2010 September 2, Ben Smith, “Barbour called Murdoch (not Ailes)”, in Ben Smith Blog, Politico
   • Those in the party are also quick to dismiss the sometimes necessary Kremlinology needed to discern its strategic shifts.2019 July 1, Harry McGee, Fiach Kelly, “Bruised Sinn Féin looks inward as it takes a dive in the May elections”, in The Irish Times