Russian foreign policy
Subtitle: the return of great power politics
By: Jeffrey Mankoff
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9781442208247; 9781442208254; 9781442208261
Subjects: Foreign relations
Description: This thoughtful and balanced text examines the development of Russian foreign policy since the end of the Cold War. Jeffrey Mankoff argues that Russia's more assertive behavior since Vladimir Putin became president in 2000 has resulted from both a deep-seated consensus among its elite about Russia's identity and interests as well as a favorable convergence of events-including the persistence of high energy prices and the check on U.S. power resulting from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Because these factors are the result of long-term trends, the author argues that there is little reason to.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the guns of August; title: Contours of Russian foreign policy; title: Bulldogs fighting under the rug: the making of Russian foreign policy; title: Resetting expectations: Russia and the United States; title: Europe: between integration and confrontation; title: Rising China and Russia's Asian vector; title: Playing with home field advantage? Russia and its post-Soviet neighbors; title: Conclusion: dealing with Russia's foreign policy reawakening.