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PublisherCQ Press

ISBN-101452234841

ISBN-139781452234847

eBay Product ID (ePID)21038763683

Product Key Features

Number of Pages456 Pages

Publication NameRussian Foreign Policy : Interests, Vectors, and Sectors

LanguageEnglish

SubjectGeneral, International Relations / General

Publication Year2013

TypeNot Available

Subject AreaPolitical Science, Reference

AuthorChristopher Marsh, Nikolas K. Gvosdev

FormatBook, Other

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight20.8 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

LCCN2013-020368

Dewey Edition23

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal327.470090512

Table Of ContentList of Tables, Figures, and Map Principal Vectors in Russian Foreign Policy Preface Acknowledgments About the Editors Introduction The Challenges Facing Russia 1. The Historical Legacy for Contemporary Russian Foreign Policy The Soviet Legacy 2. Vectors and Sectors: The Russian Foreign Policy Mechanism The Constitutional Structure: President and Prime Minister Searching for a Role: The Legislature The Position of the Foreign Ministry: One Actor Among Many The Regional Governments The State Companies and Private Business The Nongovernmental Organizations Russian National Security Decision Making The Principal Vectors 3. The United States: The Main Enemy or Strategic Partner? Legacy of the Cold War Gorbachev: The Search for Condominium The Yeltsin Era and "Tainted Transactions" Putin-Bush and Obama-Medvedev: Soul Connections? Some Enduring Obstacles Institutionalizing the Relationship The Balance Sheet 4. The Bear and the Dragon: China and the East Asia Vector Triangular Relations: Opportunities and Challenges The Dragon Turns to the Bear The Bear Embraces the Dragon The Bear Arms the Dragon An Emerging Strategic Alliance? Mending Fences: Russia-Japan Relations Korea: Unparalleled Relations Vietnam: Moscow's Toehold in Southeast Asia Setting Its Eyes on Asia 5. The Eurasian Space The Disintegration of the Soviet Union The Eurasian Vision Breaking Up Is Hard To Do The Frozen Conflicts The Georgia-Russia War and Its Aftermath The Ties That Bind Securing Eurasia A Eurasian Convergence Zone? The Eurasian Union: USSR Lite? Euraskepticism Putin's Eurasian Dream 6. Eastern Europe: Comrades no More The Second World War and the Creation of the Soviet Bloc 1989-1999: The Attempt to Preserve Eastern Europe The Baltics and Beyond: NATO's Reach East Baltic [In]Security From Tragedy to Reconciliation? Developments in Russia-Poland Relations Russian Impotence in the Balkans Moscow's "Ruble Diplomacy" and Russia's Return to Eastern Europe 7. Europe: Russia's "Traditional Orientation" Russia and the European Union Since the Soviet Collapse The Russo-German Relationship The Russian Relationship with France The Overlooked Partnership: Italy and Russia The Bulldog and the Bear: Russia and Great Britain Other Relationships The Arctic Dimension Concluding Thoughts 8. The Near-Eastern Vector Russia-Turkey: The Unexpected Partnership Israel: "Practically a Russian-Speaking Country"? Russia-Saudi Arabia: The Start of a Rapprochement? Traditional Arab Partners Moscow's Traditional Ally Syria The Transformation of Russian-Iranian Relations Overall Conclusion 9. Call Across the Himalayas: The South Asia Vector The Immediate Post-Soviet Policy The Failed Rapprochement with Pakistan? The Model Partnership: India The Russia-India-China Troika Drivers of the Indo-Russian Entente 10. Africa and Latin America: The Southern Vector The Return to Africa Latin America Beckons Building the BRICS 11. Epilogue Index

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

SynopsisIn a truly contemporary analysis of Moscow's relations with its neighbors and other strategic international actors, Nikolas K. Gvosdev and Christopher 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, Russian Foreign Policy: Interests, Vectors, and Sectors offers an incisive look at how and why Russia partners with some states while it counter-balances others., In a truly contemporary analysis of Moscows 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., 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., Gvosdev and Marsh's text covers not only contemporary Russian policies towards the various regions of the world, but also looks at the interactions between the various constituencies that shape and influence Russian foreign policy.

LC Classification NumberDK510.764