Now fully updated and revised, this clear and comprehensive text explores the past quarter-century 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.
This book surveys Russia's relations with the world since 1992 and assesses the future prospect for the foreign policy of Europe's largest country.
In this monograph, the authors assess Russia's strategic interests and the factors that influence Russian foreign policy broadly.
Introduction: the guns of August -- Contours of Russian foreign policy -- Bulldogs fighting under the rug: the making of Russian foreign policy -- Resetting expectations: Russia and the United States -- Europe: between integration and ...
This text will be essential reading on Russian foreign policy modules as well as on broader courses on Russian government and politics.
A third edition of this book is now available.
"This book takes stock and asks what patterns have emerged from 1992 to 2007. It argues that only by focusing both on external constraints and changes in the Russian leadership's...
In this book, a mix of leading historians and political scientists examines the foreign policy of contemporary Russia over four centuries of history.
with Pyongyang was greater than that with Seoul (unlike the Chinese, whose trade with the South was twice that as with the North already by 1987).70 1988, when the first trade agreement between Seoul and Moscow was concluded, ...
Aims to demythologise a field hitherto dominated by suspicion and fear, that of Russian foreign policy. Much of the research is drawn from previously unavailable Russian sources.
Now fully updated, this widely respected text traces the lineage and development of Russian foreign policy with the insight that comes from historical perspective.