1st Edition

The Multilateral Dimension in Russian Foreign Policy

Edited By Elana Wilson Rowe, Stina Torjesen Copyright 2009
240 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

240 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

240 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book examines the place of multilateralism in Russia’s foreign policy and Russia’s engagement with multilateral institutions. Throughout the post-Soviet period, both Yeltsin and Putin consistently professed a deep attachment to the principles of multilateralism. However, multilateralism as a value, concept, strategy or general phenomenon in Russian foreign policy has hitherto been neglected... Read more

1. Key Features of Russian Multilateralism Elana Wilson Rowe and Stina Torjesen  2. The Role of Multilateralism in Russian Foreign Policy Robert Legvold  3. Multilateralism in Russian Foreign Policy Approaches Andrei Zagorski  4. Leading in the Concert of Great Powers: Lessons from Russia’s G8 chairmanship Pavel Baev  5. Russia’s Attitude Towards Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regimes and Institutions: An example of multilateralism? Alexander Pikayev  6. Russia and Europe and the Process of EU Enlargement Margot Light  7. Inside or Outside? Russia’s Policies Towards NATO Hannes Adomeit  8. Russia and the OSCE: From High Expectations to Denial? Jakub M. Godzimirski  9. Russian Regional Multilateralism: The Case of the Arctic Council Elana Wilson Rowe  10. Russia, the CIS and the EEC: finally getting it right? Stina Torjesen  11. Russia’s Trade Relations within the Commonwealth of Independent States Julian Cooper  12. Russia as a Military Great Power: The Uses of the CSTO and the SCO in Central Asia Stina Torjesen

Biography

Elana Wilson Rowe holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge and is a Senior Research Fellow at the Department for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI). Her research interests include regional cooperation in the circumpolar north and Russian foreign and energy policy.

Stina Torjesen holds a DPhil in International Relations from the University of Oxford and is a Senior Research Fellow at the Department for Russian and Eurasian studies, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI). She has specialised on the international relations of Central Asia and works also on security and peacebuilding in Tajikistan and Afghanistan.