Russia and the Challengers: Russian Alignment with China, Iran and Iraq in the Unipolar Era

ISBN-13: 9780230545496 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 264 str.

Helen Belopolsky

Opis

An examination of why Russia chose to jeopardize its embryonic partnership with the West in favour of alignment with states like China, Iran and Iraq.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction Perception and Misperception: Russia Looking Outward and In The Russian Institutional Context The Wounded Bear and the Rising Dragon Partnership with Iran: The Lynchpin of the Axis of Evil? Russia and Saddam's Iraq: The Road to Nowhere Conclusions Notes Bibliography Index

O autorze

HELEN BELOPOLSKY holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree in International Relations from St. Antony's College, University of Oxford, UK, and currently works at the Privy Council Office, Government of Canada.