Internal Factors in Russian Foreign Policy

Russia has emerged as a new and assertively independent force in world politics, in Europe and Asia, and especially in the other former Soviet states. What are Moscow's foreign policy goals, and who sets them? This book provides the first systematic analysis of the domestic political, military and economic influences that shape Russia's international behavior. Five leading specialists examine the areas of foreign policy thinking and debate, how policy is made, the public politics of foreign policy, and the role of the military.