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Cover of Russian foreign policy

Russian foreign policy

the return of great power politics

By Jeffrey Mankoff

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Publish Date

2011

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Language

eng

Pages

352

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.