Russian Foreign Policy

Eric Shiraev, Konstantin Khudoley

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Year: 2018
• Print ISBN: 9780230370982
• eBook ISBN: 9780230370999
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Russian Politics
• Index: Politics & International Relations

Written by two leading scholars, this cutting-edge textbook provides a comprehensive re-evaluation of Russian foreign policy in the 21st century, covering its historical development, key institutions and actors, and processes, principles and strategies. It integrates domestic and global perspectives to give a more rounded and balanced assessment of Russia's place in the world.

This text will be essential reading on Russian foreign policy modules as well as on broader courses on Russian government and politics. It can also be used as supplementary reading on more general comparative politics and foreign policy modules which use Russia as a key case study.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Contents
• List of Figures, Maps and Tables
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• 1 Introduction to Russia’s Foreign Policy
• 2 The Evolution of Russian Foreign Policy
• 3 Institutions and Decision-Makers in Russian Foreign Policy
• 4 Players and Processes
• 5 Principles and Strategies
• 6 Russian Policies toward Post-Soviet States
• 7 Russia’s Policies toward the United States
• 8 Russia’s Policies toward Europe and the European Union
• 9 Russia’s Policies toward China
• 10 The Southern Direction of Russian Foreign Policy (Russia’s Policies toward the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia)⤀
• 11 Russian Policy in Various Parts of the World: The Asia-Pacific Region, Latin America, and Africa
• Conclusion
• References
• Index