Evaluating Three Frameworks of Russian Foreign Policy Decision Making
Journal: Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Year: 2019

This thesis presents three different models which can be used to analyze foreign policy decision making. These models are inspired by a spectrum of international relations theory, in particular realism, constructivism, and liberalism. In particular, this thesis applies each model to the Russo-Georgian War of 2008, in order to assess how well they explain different aspects of the conflict. In Chapter 2, I lay out the models in detail, and consider how the respective theoretical traditions inspire