Explaining Change in Russian Foreign Policy: The Role of Ideas in Post-Soviet Russia's Conduct Towards the West

An assessment of the explanatory utility of different approaches to account for post-Soviet Russia's foreign policy towards the West, arguing that only by focusing both on external constraints and changes in the Russian leadership's foreign policy thinking can we explain major facets of Russia's conduct from 1992-2007.

Author: s. Thorun
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 11/27/2008
Pages: 203
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.70w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780230553729

Review Citation(s):
Chronicle of Higher Education 03/13/2009 pg. 20
Choice 09/01/2009

About the Author
CHRISTIAN THORUN writes on Russian foreign policy from his home in Berlin. He was a Cecil Rhodes Scholar and received his PhD in International Relations from the University of Oxford, UK. He now works as a policy advisor.