Russian Foreign Policy in the Near Abroad and Beyond

Karen Dawisha is a professor in the department of government and politics at the University of Maryland and director of its Center for the Study of Post-Communist Societies. Her most recent book is Foreign Policy-Making in Russia and the New States of Eurasia (Armonk, N.Y.: M. E. Sharpe, 1995). The author would like to thank Darya Pushkina for research assistance. A version of this paper was presented at the Aspen Institute’s congressional program meeting in St. Petersburg, Russia, in August.