...Vasile Rotaru The 2008 Georgia war represented a turning point in Russian foreign policy. It was for the first time since the dissolution of the Soviet Union when Moscow invaded an independent country and for the first time when two members of the Council of Europe fought against each other...

... of the University of California. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. 2016 The Regents of the University of California Boris N. Yeltsin Ideological distance Imperialism Regime type and foreign policy Russian foreign policy Russiane Western relations State-nation Vladimir V. Putin...

... of the University of California Russian foreign policy Central-eastern Europe Falin–Kvitsinsky doctrine Russia’s goals in CEE PIR-Center, The Czech Republic a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Available online 11 July 2013 Keywords: Russian foreign policy Central-eastern Europe Falin Kvitsinsky...

...Peter Rutland This article examines some of the implications of current debates in international relations for Russian foreign policy. The focus is on Russian foreign policy analysis and not the international relations debates per se. The article begins by discussing the way Russian policy...

... the late Gorbachev era to the present day. The paper briefly documents how Russian foreign policy became more assertive using energy as a strategic resource, particularly in crafting its relations with the European Union. Subsequently, the paper analyzes Russia’s limits of using energy as leverage...