Relations with the US from Gorbachev to Putin: A Strategy for a Weakened Russian State

Abstract

This thesis therefore will examine Russia's foreign policy within the context of its current weakness and show that despite these arguments about inconsistency, there actually has been a fairly consistent strategy in the new Russian state's foreign policy. Furthermore, this thesis will argue that this strategy does not only apply to the post-Soviet period, but was actually developed under Gorbachev as part of his 'new thinking'. Yeltsin and Putin have modified this strategy somewhat to adapt it to the new post Cold War environment, but as this thesis will argue, even with these modifications neither leader lost touch with Gorbachev's original foreign policy goal of strengthening Russia's economy and diplomatic standing through international cooperation, most notably with the West.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA416227

Entities

People

  • Cheryl L. Garner

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Anti-Ballistic Missiles
  • Arms Control
  • Cold War
  • Economic Systems
  • Foreign Relations
  • Globalization
  • Governments
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Law
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Political Systems
  • Teamwork
  • Treaties

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union