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The international politics of Russia and the successor states

Regional International Politics Series

Manchester ; New York: Manchester University Press, 1996

0-7190-3960-6; 0-7190-3961-4

Bezpieczeństwo narodowe -Kraje byłego Związku Radzieckiego
Kraje byłego Związku Radzieckiego -sytuacja gospodarcza
Związek Radziecki - polityka i rządy - 1985-1991
Kraje byłego Związku Radzieckiego - stosunki zagraniczne

Tables and boxes Tables Boxes Abbreviations Preface Maps Introduction The study of the international politics of Russia and the successor states Definitions International politics The USSR and its republics, Russia and the successor states Foreign policy Theoretical approaches to the study of international politics Realism Pluralism Globalism Theories of international politics and the collapse of the USSR The former Soviet Union: its inward and outward orientations Notes Recommended reading 1 Soviet foreign and defence policies during the Gorbachev period The Brezhnev legacy The new political thinking New thinking in practice: Soviet foreign policy during the Gorbachev period Objectives of Soviet foreign policy Arms control and disarmament Soviet-East European relations Soviet-West European relations Sino-Soviet relations Soviet-Third World relations Conclusion: the end of the Cold War and the heritage of the Gorbachev period Notes Recommended reading 2 The transition: the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the initiation of the post-Soviet order Economic reform and external economic relations Changes in the military The nationalities issue The Communist Party The August coup The role of the armed forces The role of Boris Yeltsin The role of Mikhail Gorbachev The role of the republics The role of the outside world August-December 1991: things fall apart Decommunisation The transfer of power to Russia and the other republics From Union to Commonwealth Notes Recommended reading 3 The former Soviet Union: its inward and outward orientations The inward orientation: the CIS and Russia’s relations with the ‘near abroad’ Membership Conflicting conceptions of the CIS amongst its members Bilateralisation and localisation The outward orientation: the successor states and the wider world Internationalisation Regionalisation Conclusion: the foreign policies of new states Notes Recommended reading 4 Defence and security in the former Soviet Union Controversies over nuclear forces The nuclear legacy of the USSR Nuclear issues and the formation of the Commonwealth of Independent States From the formation of the CIS to the Lisbon Protocol From the Lisbon Protocol to START-2 START 2 to the Massandra Agreements The Trilateral Statement and after Motives for retaining and relinquishing nuclear weapons The nuclear problem: an overview Upheaval in conventional armed forces Conventional armed forces of the Soviet Union The failure to set up CIS joint forces National armed forces**41 Case studies of disagreement Troops in the Baltic states The Black Sea Fleet The CFE Treaty Alliances and security interests Russia The non-Russian states Conclusion The national security problem National security policies The security dilemma Notes Recommended reading 5 Diplomacy and conflict resolution: the Soviet legacy and the challenges of the post-Cold War world Disputes involving open warfare, either between or within the successor states The war in Nagorno-Karabakh Georgia’s three-way civil war Tajikistan Moldova’s Trans-Dniester Conflict resolution in the former Soviet Union Disputed territorial claims involving one or more of the successor states plus an outside party Violent conflicts in the Third World The wars in the former Yugoslavia An interest in a settlement Pan-Slavism Russia’s desire for an independent and influential role Conclusion: conflict resolution in the post-Cold War world Notes Recommended reading 6 Post-Soviet external economic relations The Soviet economy: crawling from the wreckage Economic viability Interdependence Interdependence, integration and the formation of the CIS Economic issues and the CIS The rouble zone Trade relations The CIS Economic Union The former Soviet Union and the international economy**33 Economic assistance (‘aid’) Foreign trade Investment Conclusion Post-Soviet economic interdependence: two views. Post-Soviet economic transformation: two views Notes Recommended reading Conclusion Perspectives on the post-Cold War world and the former Soviet Union (Neo)realism Pluralism Globalism Prospects 1 A revival of Russian power 2 A saturated Russia 3 Integration within the FSU 4 Disintegration within the FSU 5 The international isolation of the successor states 6 An international profile for the successor states Notes Recommended reading Index