Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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978-1-4422-5401-5 • Hardback • January 2016 • $110.00 • (£75.00)
978-1-4422-5402-2 • Paperback • January 2016 • $49.00 • (£32.95)
978-1-4422-5403-9 • eBook • January 2016 • $46.50 • (£31.95)
Andrei P. Tsygankov is professor in the Departments of Political Science and International Relations at San Francisco State University.
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List of Tables
Chronology of Key Foreign Policy Events, 1985–2015
Preface
Chapter 1: Understanding Change and Continuity in Russia’s Foreign Policy
Chapter 2: The Cold War Crisis and the Soviet New Thinking
Chapter 3: Post–Cold War Euphoria and Russia’s Liberal Westernism
Chapter 4: New Security Challenges and Great Power Balancing
Chapter 5: The World after September 11 and Pragmatic Cooperation
Chapter 6: U.S. Regime Change Strategy and Great Power Assertiveness
Chapter 7: Global Instability and Russia’s Vision of Modernization
Chapter 8: The West, the Non-West, and Russia’s “Civilizational” Turn
Chapter 9: Conclusions and Lessons
Essential Reading
Topics for Discussion or Simulation
Index
About the Author
Tsygankov is one of the world’s leading analysts of the complexities of Russian foreign policy, and in this volume he makes available, in a concise and easily accessible format, his knowledge distilled from years of study of the subject. He steers a sophisticated path between pro-Western liberal views and various anti-Western Russian nationalist mythologies to provide a convincing and coherent study of the relationship between national identity and foreign policy. A must-read for all serious students of Russian foreign policy and of the country’s place in the world.
— Richard Sakwa, University of Kent
This book is based on a profound understanding of how Russian policymakers view the world and the impact of those views on their foreign-policy behavior. It is a must read for scholars, students, and the educated citizenry.
— George Breslauer, University of California, Berkeley
A very coherent analysis. . . . There are few studies that so convincingly demonstrate how Russia's foreign policy has been consistently determined in large part by Moscow's relationship and attitudes towards the 'West.' . . . An excellent book.
(Previous Edition Praise)
— Seer
[A] well-documented summary of the main directions of Russia's foreign policy from the Gorbachev period through the fifth year of Putin's presidency.
(Previous Edition Praise)
— The Russian Review
Tsygankov (San Francisco State Univ.) provides an accessible, invaluable contribution to the teaching and analysis of Russia's post–Cold War foreign policy. This relatively short book aims to provide both a historic overview and a theoretic framework for analyzing the formation and conceptualization of Russia's national interest, with particular emphasis on Russia's historic and evolving relationship with the West. The book contains a chronology of Russian foreign policy from 1985 to the present, and relies on many original Russian-language sources. The work is divided into eight chapters, with a historic overview, a basic introduction to international relations theory and its implications for understanding Russian foreign policy, as well as chapters on Gorbachev's new thinking, Russia as great-power balancer, Russia as great-power pragmatist, and Russia as an assertive great power. It concludes by analyzing prospects for change and continuity in Russian foreign policy. Recommended.
(Previous Edition Praise)
— CHOICE
Simply the best undergraduate textbook on contemporary Russian foreign policy available today.
(Previous Edition Praise)
— Theodore Hopf, National University of Singapore
One of the most exciting younger scholars dealing with postcommunist Russia's foreign policy, Andrei Tsygankov is uniquely qualified to explain some of the lesser-known aspects of Russian politics. His concern for students and his willingness to clarify the complexities of policy formation shine through in a book that will be required reading for all those interested in Russia's international behavior.
(Previous Edition Praise)
— Andrzej Korbonski, University of California, Los Angeles
A very accessible text for both instructors and students.
(Previous Edition Praise)
— Tina Mavrikos-Adamou, Hofstra University
Challenges conventional approaches to Russian foreign policy by taking a constructivist perspective
Presents a new approach to Moscow's foreign policy by linking it to continuity and change in Russia's national identity and relationships with the West
Offers an innovative analysis of Russia's distinctive concepts of national interest
Evaluates the relative success or failure of Russian foreign policy initiatives over time
Considers U.S. policy options
Ideal for courses in Russian foreign policy and comparative foreign policy
New features
An added chapter on Putin’s vision of state-civilization and more assertive policy since his return to the presidency
Simulation exercises for each chapter
An updated chronology of Russia’s foreign policy events
Updated to address new research and events
Current chronology, tables, figures, and reading list