(Ebook) Russia's Foreign Policy: Change and Continuity in National Identity, Third Edition by Andrei P. Tsygankov ISBN 9781442220003, 9781442220010, 9781442220027, 1442220007, 1442220015, 1442220023

(Ebook) Russia's Foreign Policy: Change and Continuity in National Identity, Third Edition by Andrei P. Tsygankov ISBN 9781442220003, 9781442220010, 9781442220027, 1442220007, 1442220015, 1442220023

Drawing on both Russian and Western sources, Tsygankov shows how Moscow’s policies have shifted under different leaders’ visions of Russia’s national interests. He gives an overview of the ideas and pressures that motivated Russian foreign policy in six different periods: the Gorbachev era of the late 1980s, the liberal “Westernizers” era under Kozyrev in the early 1990s, the relatively hardline statist policy under Primakov, the more pragmatic statist course under Putin, the assertive policy of the late Putin era, and the return to pragmatic cooperation under Medvedev. Evaluating the successes and failures of Russia’s foreign policies, Tsygankov explains its many turns as Russia’s identity and interaction with the West have evolved. The book concludes with reflections on the emergence of the post-Western world and the challenges it presents to Russia’s enduring quest for great-power status along with its desire for a special relationship with Western nations.