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Comment on the recent trends in Russia’s foreign policy.

  • UPSC 2010
  • 20 marks
  • Contemporary Global Concerns

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Andrei P. Tsygankov (Russia's Foreign Policy: Change and Continuity in National Identity, 2006) traces post-Soviet policy to three schools: Westernisers seeking integration with Europe and America, Statists seeking great-power status through a balance of power, and Civilisationists casting Russia as a distinct civilisation opposed to the West. In 2010 the Statist line dominated and was…

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  • The trends visible in 2010
  • The trajectory since: from bargaining to rupture
  • Interpreting the shift
  • Implications for India
  • Conclusion
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