RUSSIA’S NEW FOREIGN POLICY: IMPLICATION FOR INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM
Journal: World Economy and International Relations
Year: 2016

The changes in 2014&ndash;2015 mark the emergence of new qualitative characteristics in Russia&rsquo;s foreign policy. Three major themes, separately or in various combinations, are usually considered to explain this phenomenon: (i) tactical (&quot;defensive&quot;) response to the agenda promoted by the West; (ii) strategic (&quot;offensive&quot;) orientation towards imposing one&rsquo;s own agenda to other actors; and (iii) externalization of the domestic agenda allowing to rechallenge anti-reg