Is Russia great again? : Overcoming the role-conflict from a Russian perspective
Journal: Työväentutkimus Vuosikirja
Year: 2017

In light of Russia’s recent more proactive foreign security policy, this paper attempts to explore how role theory can help explain embedded patterns of Russia’s policy performance in relation to the international system.&#13;\nBased on the role theory I construct two role-conceptions that I assume have been predominantly alter- and self-ascribed to and by Russia until the end of the Cold War – superpower and US-rival. I trace in how far these role-conceptions have changed from the perspective o