Rethinking the relations between identity and foreign policy: analysing Russia’s foreign policy discourse towards China
Journal: DSpace repository (University of Tartu)
Year: 2016

This master’s thesis aims to reconstruct Russian identity discourse related to its foreign&#13;\npolicy towards China. Taking the timeline surrounding the crisis in Ukraine and Crimea&#13;\n(2010-2016), this thesis was based on the background of the rising concept of “pivot to&#13;\nAsia/East”. Using China as the main actor in Russia’s Asian policy, this thesis tries to&#13;\nanswer the questions regarding the construction of Russia’s identity discourse towards&#13;\nChina and whether the changi