Internal Factors in Russian Foreign Policy

ISBN-13: 9780198280118 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 368 str.

Neil Malcolm; Alex Pravda; Margot Light

Opis

Russia has emerged as a new and assertively independent force in world politics, in Europe and Asia, and especially in the other former Soviet states. What are Moscow's foreign policy goals, and who sets them? This book provides the first systematic analysis of the domestic political, military and economic influences that shape Russia's international behavior. Five leading specialists examine the areas of foreign policy thinking and debate, how policy is made, the public politics of foreign policy, and the role of the military.

Recenzje

useful background information...the volume clearly shows how changing institutional features, instrumental and bureaucratic politics, and power struggles at the domestic level are very significant forces in influencing the direction of foreign policy. This book offers an impressivley detailed empirical analysis that traces the domestic roots of foreign policy during these important formative years. The volume can be highly recommended.