Russia's Foreign Policy
Russia's Foreign Policy

Author: Andrei P. Tsygankov

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Published: 2010-03-16

Total Pages: 293

ISBN-13: 0742567540

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A third edition of this book is now available. Now fully updated and revised, this clear and comprehensive text explores the past thirty years of Soviet/Russian international relations, comparing foreign policy formation under Gorbachev, Yeltsin, Putin, and Medvedev. Drawing on an impressive mastery of both Russian and Western sources, Andrei P. Tsygankov shows how Moscow's policies have shifted with each leader's vision of Russia's national interests. He evaluates the successes and failures of Russia's foreign policies, explaining its many turns as Russia's identity and interaction with the West have evolved. The book concludes with reflections on the emergence of the post-Western world and the challenges it presents to Russia's enduring quest for great-power status along with its desire for a special relationship with Western nations.

The Multilateral Dimension in Russian Foreign Policy
The Multilateral Dimension in Russian Foreign Policy

Author: Elana Wilson Rowe

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2008-10-06

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 1134028881

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This book examines the place of multilateralism in Russia’s foreign policy. It examines Russia’s role and relationship with the G8, NATO, EU, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Collective Security Treaty Organization and Shanghai Cooperation Organization, covering a wide range of issue areas including nuclear non-proliferation and trade.

Quest for Status
Quest for Status

Author: Deborah Welch Larson

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2019-02-26

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 0300245157

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A look at how the desire to improve international status affects Russia's and China's foreign policies Deborah Welch Larson and Alexei Shevchenko argue that the desire for world status plays a key role in shaping the foreign policies of China and Russia. Applying social identity theory—the idea that individuals derive part of their identity from larger communities—to nations, they contend that China and Russia have used various modes of emulation, competition, and creativity to gain recognition from other countries and thus validate their respective identities. To make this argument, they analyze numerous cases, including Catherine the Great’s attempts to westernize Russia, China’s identity crises in the nineteenth century, and both countries’ responses to the end of the Cold War. The authors employ a multifaceted method of measuring status, factoring in influence and inclusion in multinational organizations, military clout, and cultural sway, among other considerations. Combined with historical precedent, this socio-psychological approach helps explain current trends in Russian and Chinese foreign policy.

Misunderstanding Russia
Misunderstanding Russia

Author: Dr Magda Leichtova

Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

Published: 2014-07-28

Total Pages: 185

ISBN-13: 1472417917

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Well argued and balanced, Leichtova provides an alternative and more constructive understanding of what drives Russian foreign policy. The book is based on the concepts of constructivism and orientalism in international relations to analyse the policies of the Russian Federation. This book highlights that Russian foreign policy is a complex phenomenon constructed from internal as well as external developments, perceptions and expectations. At the same time, it also highlights that Western states are the most significant Other in construction of the Russian foreign policy and even Russian identity and, at the same time, actively create an 'image of Russia' in international politics which is widely based on their own Western assumptions about the country. The author introduces the reader to an alternate portrayal of relations between Russia and the West which all analysts should take into consideration before drawing conclusions.

Russian Foreign Policy
Russian Foreign Policy

Author: Nikolas K. Gvosdev

Publisher: CQ Press

Published: 2013-08-22

Total Pages: 457

ISBN-13: 1483322084

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In a truly contemporary analysis of Moscow′s relations with its neighbors and other strategic international actors, Gvosdev and Marsh use a comprehensive vectors approach, dividing the world into eight geographic zones. Each vector chapter looks at the dynamics of key bilateral relationships while highlighting major topical issues—oil and energy, defense policy, economic policy, the role of international institutions, and the impact of major interest groups or influencers—demonstrating that Russia formulates multiple, sometimes contrasting, foreign policies. Providing rich historical context as well as exposure to the scholarly literature, the authors offer an incisive look at how and why Russia partners with some states while it counter-balances others.

The Regional Roots of Russia's Political Regime
The Regional Roots of Russia's Political Regime

Author: William M. Reisinger

Publisher: University of Michigan Press

Published: 2017-01-09

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 0472130188

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Insightful analysis of how regional politics shaped the executive branch's ability to retain power and govern under Yeltsin and Putin

Routledge Handbook of Russian Foreign Policy
Routledge Handbook of Russian Foreign Policy

Author: Andrei Tsygankov

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-03-20

Total Pages: 848

ISBN-13: 1134994230

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Providing a comprehensive overview of Russia’s foreign policy directions, this handbook brings together an international team of scholars to develop a complex treatment of Russia’s foreign policy. The chapters draw from numerous theoretical traditions by incorporating ideas of domestic institutions, considerations of national security and international recognition as sources of the nation’s foreign policy. Covering critically important subjects such as Russia’s military interventions in Ukraine and Syria, the handbook is divided into four key parts: Part I explores the social and material conditions in which Russia’s foreign policy is formed and implemented. Part II investigates tools and actors that participate in policy making including diplomacy, military, media, and others. Part III provides an overview of Russia’s directions towards the United States, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Eurasia, and the Arctic. Part IV addresses the issue of Russia’s participation in global governance and multiple international organizations, as well as the Kremlin’s efforts to build new organizations and formats that suit Russia’s objectives. The Routledge Handbook of Russian Foreign Policy is an invaluable resource to students and scholars of Russian Politics and International Relations, as well as World Politics more generally.

China-Russia Cooperation
China-Russia Cooperation

Author: Andrew Radin

Publisher: RAND Corporation

Published: 2021

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781977404404

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China and Russia are perceived as major, long-term competitors with the United States. Since 2014, China and Russia have strengthened their relationship, increasing political, military, and economic cooperation. In this report, the authors seek to understand the history of cooperation between Beijing and Moscow, the drivers of and constraints on the relationship, the potential future of cooperation between China and Russia, the impact of the Chinese-Russian relationship on the United States, and implications for future U.S. policy. The authors find that the main motivations for closer 21st century cooperation between China and Russia are the declining relative power of the United States and the persistent perceived threat from the United States to both China and Russia. If current trends continue, the authors expect the collaborative relationship between China and Russia to be sustained. Absent major (and likely undesirable) changes in U.S. policy, there is little the U.S. government or Army can do to influence the trajectory of the China-Russia relationship. The U.S. military can prepare for the results of greater Sino-Russian cooperation, including by expecting further diffusion of Chinese and Russian military equipment, additional joint planning and exercises, potential joint basing, and eventually the possibility of joint military operations.--page 4 of cover.

EU-Russia Relations, 1999-2015
EU-Russia Relations, 1999-2015

Author: Anna-Sophie Maass

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-07-15

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 1317372670

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This book traces the development of EU-Russia relations in recent years. It argues that a major factor influencing the relationship is the changing internal dynamics of both parties, in Russia’s case an increasingly authoritarian state, in the case of the EU an increasing coherence in its foreign policy as applied to former Soviet countries which Russia regarded as interference in its own sphere. The book considers the impact of conflicts in Kosovo, Chechnya, Georgia and Ukraine, discusses the changing internal situation in both Russia and the EU, including the difficulties in overcoming fragmentation in EU policy-making, and concludes by assessing how the situation is likely to develop.