Routledge Handbook of Russian Foreign Policy

<p>Providing a comprehensive overview of Russia’s foreign policy directions this handbook brings together an international team of scholars to develop a complex treatment of Russia’s foreign policy. The chapters draw from numerous theoretical traditions by incorporating ideas of domestic institutions considerations of national security and international recognition as sources of the nation’s foreign policy. Covering critically important subjects such as Russia’s military interventions in Ukraine and Syria the handbook is divided into four key parts:</p><p></p><p>Part I<strong> </strong>explores the social and material conditions in which Russia’s foreign policy is formed and implemented.</p><p></p><p>Part II investigates tools and actors that participate in policy making including diplomacy military media and others.</p><p></p><p>Part III<strong> </strong>provides an overview of Russia’s directions towards the United States Europe Asia the Middle East Eurasia and the Arctic. </p><p></p><p>Part IV<strong> </strong>addresses the issue of Russia’s participation in global governance and multiple international organizations as well as the Kremlin’s efforts to build new organizations and formats that suit Russia’s objectives.</p><p></p><p>The <i>Routledge Handbook of Russian Foreign Policy</i> is an invaluable resource to students and scholars of Russian Politics and International Relations as well as World Politics more generally.</p>