The influences and sources of post-Soviet Russian foreign policy: a view of the Caucasus region

The collapse of the Soviet Union and the apparent transition of its successor states to democracy gave rise to the hopes of greater cooperation between the United States and Russia. These hopes were met instead by a contradictory mix of cooperation and confrontation and the growing rumblings of a na...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Elliott, Mark.
Other Authors: Mikhail Tsypkin
Language:en_US
Published: Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10945/32235
id ndltd-nps.edu-oai-calhoun.nps.edu-10945-32235
record_format oai_dc
spelling ndltd-nps.edu-oai-calhoun.nps.edu-10945-322352014-11-27T16:18:22Z The influences and sources of post-Soviet Russian foreign policy: a view of the Caucasus region Elliott, Mark. Mikhail Tsypkin The collapse of the Soviet Union and the apparent transition of its successor states to democracy gave rise to the hopes of greater cooperation between the United States and Russia. These hopes were met instead by a contradictory mix of cooperation and confrontation and the growing rumblings of a nationalistic Russia harboring fanciful desires of restoring its fallen empire. The aim of this thesis was to explore the various influences that shaped the goals and means of Russian foreign policy. The approach taken is to examine the synergistic effects of a variety of political, geographic, economic, cultural and ethnic influences rather than searching for a systemic explanation of Russian actions. Using the Caucasus region as a starting point for investigation, this author demonstrates how these factors, in combination and isolation account for the development of Russian action. Equally as important is the recognition that these factors are not new to post-Soviet but previously influenced both Imperial and Soviet Russia. 2013-04-30T22:06:49Z 2013-04-30T22:06:49Z 1996-09 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10945/32235 en_US Approved for public release, distribution unlimited Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
collection NDLTD
language en_US
sources NDLTD
description The collapse of the Soviet Union and the apparent transition of its successor states to democracy gave rise to the hopes of greater cooperation between the United States and Russia. These hopes were met instead by a contradictory mix of cooperation and confrontation and the growing rumblings of a nationalistic Russia harboring fanciful desires of restoring its fallen empire. The aim of this thesis was to explore the various influences that shaped the goals and means of Russian foreign policy. The approach taken is to examine the synergistic effects of a variety of political, geographic, economic, cultural and ethnic influences rather than searching for a systemic explanation of Russian actions. Using the Caucasus region as a starting point for investigation, this author demonstrates how these factors, in combination and isolation account for the development of Russian action. Equally as important is the recognition that these factors are not new to post-Soviet but previously influenced both Imperial and Soviet Russia.
author2 Mikhail Tsypkin
author_facet Mikhail Tsypkin
Elliott, Mark.
author Elliott, Mark.
spellingShingle Elliott, Mark.
The influences and sources of post-Soviet Russian foreign policy: a view of the Caucasus region
author_sort Elliott, Mark.
title The influences and sources of post-Soviet Russian foreign policy: a view of the Caucasus region
title_short The influences and sources of post-Soviet Russian foreign policy: a view of the Caucasus region
title_full The influences and sources of post-Soviet Russian foreign policy: a view of the Caucasus region
title_fullStr The influences and sources of post-Soviet Russian foreign policy: a view of the Caucasus region
title_full_unstemmed The influences and sources of post-Soviet Russian foreign policy: a view of the Caucasus region
title_sort influences and sources of post-soviet russian foreign policy: a view of the caucasus region
publisher Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
publishDate 2013
url http://hdl.handle.net/10945/32235
work_keys_str_mv AT elliottmark theinfluencesandsourcesofpostsovietrussianforeignpolicyaviewofthecaucasusregion
AT elliottmark influencesandsourcesofpostsovietrussianforeignpolicyaviewofthecaucasusregion
_version_ 1716725329517608960