Russia and the West from Alexander to Putin: Honor In International Relations - Softcover

Tsygankov, Andrei P.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1107668034 ISBN 13: 9781107668034

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2014

Synopsis

Since Russia has re-emerged as a global power, its foreign policies have come under close scrutiny. In Russia and the West from Alexander to Putin, Andrei P. Tsygankov identifies honor as the key concept by which Russia's international relations are determined. He argues that Russia's interests in acquiring power, security and welfare are filtered through this cultural belief and that different conceptions of honor provide an organizing framework that produces policies of cooperation, defensiveness and assertiveness in relation to the West. Using ten case studies spanning a period from the early nineteenth century to the present day - including the Holy Alliance, the Triple Entente and the Russia-Georgia war - Tsygankov's theory suggests that when it perceives its sense of honor to be recognized, Russia cooperates with the Western nations; without such a recognition it pursues independent policies either defensively or assertively.

About this title

Book Description:

Andrei Tsygankov proposes a novel interpretation of Russian foreign policy which emphasizes the role of conceptions of honor. He identifies patterns in Russia's international behavior from the early nineteenth century to the present, drawing on ten historical episodes from across the period, from the Holy Alliance to the Russia-Georgia war.

About the Author:

Andrei P. Tsygankov is Professor of International Relations and Political Science at San Francisco State University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1107668034
• ISBN 13: 9781107668034
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 330