The religious factor in Russia's foreign policy
Subtitle: keeping god on our side
By: Alicja Curanovic
Series: Routledge contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe series -- 31
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 358
ISBN-13: 9780415688314; 9780203133279
Subjects: Religion and international relations; Religion and politics; Religious aspects; Foreign relations; Church and state
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Evolution of the role of religion in the history of the Russian state; title: Religion in social and political life of the Russian Federation; title: Religion in Russian views on foreign policy; title: Characteristics of Russian religious diplomacy; title: Russia's Orthodox brotherhood with Belarus and Serbia; title: The syndrome of betrayal in Russia's relations with the Ukraine, Estonia and Georgia; title: Occasional community: Russian policy towards Moldova, Romania, Bulgaria, Macedonia and Montenegro; title: The long shadow of byzantium: Russian-Greek relations in the face of rivalry between the two churches; title: Between fear and necessity of cooperation: Russian policy towards muslim countries; title: Among us, the chosen nations: tendencies in Russian-Israeli relations; title: Neighbourhood of giants: the place of the Russian Federation in the Asian cultural space between India and the People's Republic of China; title: There can only be one Rome: Russia's traumatic relations with the Vatican; title: The antichrist lives in the West: the ideological burden of Russia's policy towards the United States.