The Evolution of Russian Foreign Policy in the 1990s

Despite a disillusionment with early hopes for Russia's integration into a North Atlantic political, economic and security community and a decidedly nationalist tilt to much foreign policy discourse, Russia throughout the 1990s remained committed to a pragmatic, non-ideological course of assert...

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Published inThe journal of communist studies and transition politics Vol. 18; no. 1; pp. 161 - 182
Main Author Lynch, Allen C
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Taylor & Francis Group 01.03.2002
Subjects
Cis
Diplomacy
East and West
Eastern Europe
Europe
European Union
Foreign Policy
Foreign relations
Geopolitics
Ideology
International Alliances
International Relations
International security
Liberalism
National interest
Nationalism
NATO
Non-ideological Foreign Policy
Political science
Realism
Russia
Russian Federation
Russian State Interests
Serbia
West
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Summary:Despite a disillusionment with early hopes for Russia's integration into a North Atlantic political, economic and security community and a decidedly nationalist tilt to much foreign policy discourse, Russia throughout the 1990s remained committed to a pragmatic, non-ideological course of asserting specifically Russian state interests, notably its desire for predominance within the CIS, without in the process jeopardizing working relations with the Western world. Russian relations with Eastern Europe and with the European Union, and its diplomacy during the NATO military action against Serbia, demonstrate that, despite its straitened economic circumstances, Russia is capable of commanding the respect of a large country, if no longer a great power. This departure from liberalism to realism in diplomacy and foreign policy may well also be highly realistic from Russia's perspective.
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ISSN:1352-3279
1743-9116
DOI:10.1080/13523270209696372