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The Modern Foreign Policy of Russia

dc.contributor.authorKhudoley, Konstantin K.
dc.contributor.authorTkachenko, Stanislav L.
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-11T23:17:42Z
dc.date.available2024-04-11T23:17:42Z
dc.date.issued2009-11-01
dc.description.abstractOver the two decades of post-Soviet history of modern Russia, its foreign policy has gone through several distinct periods and long-term trends. The periodization of the new Russia’s foreign policy includes a “romantic” or “Kozyrev’s” period, during which the leaders of a democratic Russia tried to integrate the country into a system of institutions and partnerships with the leading Western states. Kozyrev’s departure from his post as foreign minister in January 1996 and the arrival of a new foreign minister, who would later become the Prime Minister, a “political heavyweight” of modern Russia Yevgeny Primakov, marked a change in the strategic direction of the country’s foreign policy. The key definition of this period was “multipolarity.” The arrival of Vladimir Putin to the Kremlin in early 2000, marked a new stage in the development of Russia’s diplomacy. At first it was characterized by attempts to build relations of partnership on an equal footing with Washington and NATO countries in the anti-terrorist coalition, and then, from about 2003, by a gradual build up of contradictions between Russia and the United States. During this period (2000-2008) a special feature of Russia’s foreign policy was its increased assertiveness in relation to the neighboring CIS countries. After the election of Dmitry Medvedev as president in March 2008 Russia has been busy searching for a new strategy for its foreign policy, which would retain some of the achievements of previous periods, but would also be more cooperative toward the leading nations of the world. Such policy should create a favorable external climate for the modernization of Russia’s political system and its national economy.en_US
dc.identifier.citationTkachenko, Stanislav L.. "The Modern Foreign Policy of Russia." Cornell International Affairs Review Vol. 3, Iss. 1 (Fall 2009). https://doi.org/10.37513/ciar.v3i1.377.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.37513/ciar.v3i1.377
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1813/114876
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherCornell University Libraryen_US
dc.titleThe Modern Foreign Policy of Russiaen_US
dc.typearticleen_US
schema.issueNumberVol. 3, Iss. 1 (Fall 2009)en_US

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