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The Foreign Policy of Russia: Changing Systems, Enduring Interests, Fourth Edition
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Description: In this fully updated edition of their widely respected text, Donaldson and Nogee trace the lineage and development of Russian foreign policy, highlighting the continuities of Russia's behavior in the world as well as the major sources of change and variability. This edition includes new coverage of ongoing issues connected with NATO expansion, the status of Kosovo and Georgia, terrorism, Islamism, and access to petroleum and other natural resources.
The basic framework used 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.
Selected 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. Russia and the West in the 1990s
8. Russia and the "Non-West"
9. Putin's Russia in the Age of Global Terror
Notes
Index
About the Authors
Comment(s): "The authors have written a comprehensive and authoritative account of Russia's foreign relations and foreign policy mechanism. Through a well organized presentation of historical and contemporary episodes, the authors illustrate the dimensions of both continuity and change in contemporary Russian diplomacy. The book is well grounded in the general international relations literature and all terms are clearly and convincingly explained. The book is authoritatively researched, with considerable original research on the contemporary period and offers a full and balanced treatment of all main problems in Russian foreign relations, bilateral, regional, and functional. In this way, the book is an ideal basic text for any undergraduate course on Russian foreign policy. The book should serve well in courses on comparative foreign policy and international relations after the cold war." -- Allen C. Lynch, University of Virginia (on the previous edition)
"Donaldson and Nogee's text has been the ideal choice for my courses because of its scope. It provides the historical perspective that students need and gives thematic treatment to several geographic areas." -- Carol R. Saivetz, Harvard University (on the previous edition)
    
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