Research Catalog

Title

Russian foreign policy in historical and current context : a reassessment / Olga Oliker, Christopher S. Chivvis, Olesya Tkacheva, and Scott Boston.

Author

Oliker, Olga

Publication

• [Santa Monica, California] : RAND Corporation, [2015]
• ©2015

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Details

Additional Authors

• Boston, Scott
• Chivvis, Christopher S.
• Tkacheva, Olesya
• Rand Corporation, issuing body.

Description

31 pages : color illustrations, color maps; 21 x 23 cm.

Summary

"This Perspective is intended as an overview of how a better understanding of the sources of Russian foreign policy can help explain Russia's actions in Ukraine in 2014 and 2015. It evaluates arguments based on Russian historical strategic interests, economic policy, and domestic policy to determine which approaches, alone or in combination, stand up best to the realities of Russian choices and actions. The authors conclude that Russia's general attitude toward Ukraine is largely consistent with historical Russian (and Soviet) thinking about security interests and foreign policy. However, they also argue that historical patterns alone are insufficient to fully explain Russian actions, which are also influenced by domestic factors, most importantly by the ways in which Russia's leaders interpret the implications of recent events in Ukraine for their own country."--Back page.

Series Statement

Perspective

Subject

• Russia (Federation) > Foreign relations > 21st century
• Russia (Federation) > History

Genre/Form

History

Note

• Caption title.
• "PE-144-A (2015)"--Page [32]

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (page 26-31).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

OCLC

928632853

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library