Russia's Foreign Policy towards Crimean Separatism: Its Learning from Georgia-Russo War
Journal: Malaysian Journal of International Relations
Year: 2019

This paper discusses how Russia’s foreign policy towards Crimea is influenced by its policy towards separatism in Georgia. By applying the concept of political learning, this paper aims to analyse how Russia’s learnings on its policy to militarily support Abkhazian and South Ossetian separatists in the Georgia-Russo War has underpinned its policy to support Crimean separatists more peacefully. Based on library research, this paper explains Russia’s external and internal environment during the Cr