United States Institute of Peace Press (Washington)
Publication Date: December 1994
Paperback
ISBN: 1878379364
The emergence of a new Russia--a post-communist European state with a vast store of nuclear arms--raises many complex questions. What kind of foreign and defense policies will Russia pursue into the 21st century? What will be the impact of the loss of the former empire? And what are the implications for western policymakers?
This timely volume attempts to answer those questions by examining Russia's relations with the Near Abroad (the newly independent states on its borders), the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), and its Pacific neighbors, as well as its peacekeeping role in the former Soviet states. In addition, the book explores the historic patterns of Russian foreign policy (issues of internationalism, accomodation, "Strong Russia"), the Soviet legacy, institutional mechanisms for policymaking, and the effects of domestic policy.
The Emergence of Russian Foreign Policy concludes with a discussion of western perceptions of Russia's evolving national security doctrine and the future of Russian-American strategic relations.
Leon Aron is a resident scholar at AEI.
Table of Contents
Preface Introduction
Chapter 1: The Emergent Priorities of Russian Foreign Policy Chapter 2: Tradition, Ideology, and Pragmatism in the Formation of Russian Foreign Policy Chapter 3: The Legacy of Soviet Policymaking in Creating a New Russia Chapter 4: Institutional Mechanisms of Russian Foreign Policy Chapter 5: Russians Outside Russia and Russian Security Policy Chapter 6: Russian Statehood, the CIS, and the Problem of Security Chapter 7: Russia in a Peacekeeping Role Chapter 8: Russian-U.S. Relations on the Pacific: Missing Links Chapter 9: Russian-American Strategic Relations: Current Trends and Future Opportunities Chapter 10: On Western Perceptions of the New Russian National Security Doctrine
Meticulously researched and textured with fascinating details, these essays "show" as well as "tell" where Russia has been in the past fifteen years and where it is going.
This book explores a problem that has been building quietly for years: the military has been expending without expanding or even replacing what has been spent.
