Beschreibung:
Russia has long been a major player in the international relations arena, but only by examining the whole century can Russian foreign policy be properly understood, and key questions as to the impact of war, of revolution, of collapse, the emergence of the Cold War and Russia's post-Soviet development be addressed.
1. Introduction 2. Russian Foreign Policy under the last Tsar 3. The Russian Revolution and International Dimensions 4. Peaceful Coexistence: The Development of Soviet Foreign Policy in the 1920s 5. Stalin's Foreign Policy 6. The Soviet Union and the Second World War 7. The Emergence of the Cold War: Soviet Approaches 8. Cold War Conflict: Korea, Vietnam, Latin America, Africa and Eastern Europe 9. Ending the Cold War 10. After the Fall: Russian Foreign Policy in a Multi-Polar World 11. Conclusion