Russia’s Foreign Policy Over the Past Three Decades: Change and Continuity
Journal: Chinese Journal of Slavic Studies
Year: 2022

Abstract From 1991 to 2021, Russia’s foreign policy has evolved through six stages: Pro-Western Diplomacy (1991–1995), Multipolar Diplomacy (1996–2000), Great Power Pragmatism (2001–2004), Neo-Slavism (2005–2008), Stability and Cooperation Diplomacy (2009–2013), and Great Power Diplomacy (2014–present). A combination of factors including changes in Russia’s domestic political and economic development, the vagaries of the international landscape as well as the diplomatic philosophy of Russian lea