Ebook: The Foreign Policy of Russia: Changing Systems, Enduring Interests, 2014

Now fully updated, this widely respected text traces the lineage and development of Russian foreign policy with the insight that comes from historical perspective. The fifth edition incorporates new and fully updated 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.perspective. Chronologically organized chapters highlight the continuiti.;Cover ; Half Title ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Table of Contents ; List of Maps; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. The Tsarist Roots of Russia's Foreign Policy; 3. Soviet Foreign Policy: From Revolution to Cold War; 4. Soviet Foreign Policy: The Cold War; 5. Domestic Factors in the Making of Russia's Foreign Policy; 6. Russia and the States of the Former Soviet Union; 7. Yeltsin and the West; 8. Russia and the ""Non-West""; 9. Russian Foreign Policy in a Multipolar World: The Putin Era; Index; About the Authors.