The foreign policy of Russia : changing systems, enduring interests / Robert H. Donaldson, Joseph L. Nogee, Vidya Nadkarni.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Donaldson, Robert H., author.

Nogee, Joseph L., author.

Nadkarni, Vidya, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soviet Union--Foreign relations.

Soviet Union.

International relations.

Russia (Federation)--Foreign relations.

Russia (Federation).

Physical Description:

xi, 437 pages : maps ; 24 cm

Edition:

Fifth edition.

Place of Publication:

Armonk, New York ; London, England : M.E. Sharpe, [2014]

Summary:

Now fully updated, this widely respected text traces the lineage and development of Russian foreign policy with the insight that comes from historical perspective. Chronologically organized chapters highlight the continuities of Russia's behavior in the world since tsarist times as well as the major sources of change and variability over the revolutionary period, wartime alliances and Cold War, detente, the Soviet collapse, and the first post-communist decades. The fifth edition incorporates up-to-date coverage of issues including relations with the major powers and with other post-communist states, international security issues including arms control issues and grounds for sanctions and intervention, and domestic and regional issues related to natural resource politics, human rights, Islamism, and terrorism. New coauthor Vidya Nadkarni strengthens the book's coverage of issues related to Asia. The basic framework used in the book is a modified realism that stresses the balance of power and the importance of national interest, and identifies several factors (both internal and external) that condition Russian policy. The interpretations are original and based on a mix of primary and secondary sources. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction

The tsarist roots of Russia's foreign policy

Soviet foreign policy from revolution to Cold War

Soviet foreign policy: the Cold War

Domestic factors in the making of Russia's foreign policy

Russia and the states of the former Soviet Union

Yeltsin and the West

Russia and the "non-West"

Russian foreign policy in a multi-polar world: the Putin era.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780765642004

076564200X

9780765642011

0765642018

OCLC:

862588736