Russian Foreign Policy in Transition: Concepts and Realities

Through a compilation of foreign policy documents and statements, harnessed together by a section of analytic works, this book seeks to highlight the shift in Russian foreign policy at the beginning of the twenty-first century. This compilation presents the work of formative scholars in this field who are concerned with the evolution of Russia Foreign policy thinking and behavior. This volume compiles critical documents and statements (treaties, addresses and articles) that deal with the formation of new conceptions of security in the New World order. The articles critically evaluate the implications of these new initiatives and lend insight to these documents and statements in practice. They address a wide range of topics from the crisis in Kosovo to domestic Russian policy, with an eye to the future of Russian policy.

Table of Contents:
Anthology Introduction, by Andrei Melville and Tatyana Shakleina Part 1: Documents 1. Agreement on the Establishment of the Commonwealth of Independent States (“Belovezhskiie Agreements”) (1991) 2. Collective Security Treaty (1992) 3. Charter of the Commonwealth of Independent States (1993) 4. Foreign Policy Conception of the Russian Federation (1993) 5. Agreement between the Russian Federation, Republic of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Republic of Tajikistan and China on Strengthening Mutual Trust in the Military Sphere in the Border Region (Shanghai Declaration) (1996) 6. Founding Act between the Russian Federation and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (1997) 7. Agreement on Establishing the Union of Belarus and Russia (1997) 8. Foreign Policy Conception of the Russian Federation (2000) 9. Military Doctrine of the Russian Federation (2000) 10. National Security Conception of the Russian Federation (2000) 11. Dushanbe Declaration by Presidents of the Republic of Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyz Republic, Russian Federation and Republic of Tajikistan (2000) 12. Statement by the Presidents of the Russian Federation and of the United States of America on Principles of Strategic Stability (2000) 13. Agreement on the Establishment of the Eurasian Economic Community (2000) 14. Strategy for Relations between the Russian Federation and the European Union (2000-2010) (2000) 15. Declaration on the Establishment of the Shanghai Organization of Cooperation (2001) 16. Agreement between the Russian Federation and the United States of America on Reduction of Strategic Potentials (2002) 17. Declaration by the Leaders of the Russian Federation and NATO Member-States (2002) Part 2: Statements 1. Andrei Kozyrev. Strategy for Partnership // International Affairs (1994, no. 5) 2. Evgenyi Primakov. International Relations on the Eve of the 21st Century: Problems and Perspectives // International Affairs (1996, no. 10) 3. Vladimir Putin. Russia on the Eve of the New Century // Nezavisimaya gazeta (December 30, 1999) 4. Igor Ivanov. Russian Foreign Policy on the Eve of the 21st Century // Russian Foreign Policy. Moscow: MGIMO, 2000 5. Sergei Ivanov. On the New Version of the National Security Conception of the Russian Federation. Moscow: MGIMO, 2000 Part 3: Analysis 1. Anatolyi Torkunov. International Relations after the Kosovo Crisis // International Affairs (1999, no. 12) 2. Alexei Bogaturov. Syndrome of “Absorption” in International Politics and American Foreign Policy // Pro et Contra (1999, vol. 4, no. 4) 3. Alexei Arbatov A. Russian National Security Strategy in a Multipolar World // World Economy and International Relations (2000, no. 10) 4. Andrei Kokoshin. Globalization and National Security Interests // Russia and the World. Moscow, 2001 5. Sergei Rogov. New Turn in Russian-American Relations // September 11, 2001: Reaction of the United States and Russian-American Relations. Moscow: Institute of USA and Canada, 2001 6. Vladimir Lukin. Russian Bridge Over the Atlantic // Russia in Global Politics (2002, no. 1) 7. Viacheskav Nikonov. Back to the Concert // Russia in Global Politics (2002, no. 1) 8. Alexei Salmin. Domestic Factors and Russian Foreign Policy // Politeia (2002, no. 3) 9. Andrei Melville A. Foreign Policy Therapy “a la Dr. Putin” – Cosmopolis (2002, no. 1 (Autumn 2002) 10. Dmitryi Trenin. Putin’s “New Course”: The Change Is Clear. What Is Next? // Briefing Paper. Moscow Carnegie Center (2002, vol.4, no. 6)

About the Author :
Andrei Melville is professor at the Department of Political Science at the Moscow State Institute for International Relations. He has conducted massive survey research projects on public opinion as well as on the perspectives of different elites within the establishment, and has written memoranda for the Russian government on the basis of his opinion research. Tatiana Shakleina is the Chair of Foreign Policy at the Institute of USA and Canada Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences.