An examination of why Russia chose to jeopardize its embryonic partnership with the West in favour of alignment with states like China, Iran and Iraq.
Author(s): Helen Belopolsky
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 277
Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 11
List of Abbreviations......Page 12
Introduction......Page 14
Approaches......Page 18
Methodology......Page 24
Broader significance......Page 26
1 Perception and Misperception: Russia Looking Inward and Out......Page 27
The great identity debate......Page 29
Russia's post-Cold War role: the search for great powerhood......Page 34
Perceptions of the post-Cold War order......Page 37
Conclusions......Page 40
2 The Russian Institutional Context......Page 42
The Russian institutional landscape......Page 45
Russian players in the Chinese context......Page 47
Russian players in the Iranian context......Page 48
Russian players in the Iraqi context......Page 51
The Presidency......Page 53
Prime Minister Chernomyrdin......Page 56
The Russian Duma......Page 57
Ministry of Foreign Affairs......Page 59
Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations......Page 62
The Ministry of Defence and the military – industrial complex......Page 63
Ministry of Atomic Energy......Page 68
Ministry of Fuel and Energy and the oil and gas interests......Page 71
The oligarchs......Page 74
Conclusions......Page 76
3 The Wounded Bear and the Rising Dragon......Page 78
Factors in Russian policy towards China......Page 80
The economic dimension......Page 82
Military technology and weapons sales......Page 85
Nuclear technology sales......Page 88
Oil and gas cooperation......Page 90
Russian domestic security......Page 91
The Chinese threat......Page 92
Global dimension......Page 98
Conclusions......Page 108
4 Partnership with Iran: The Lynchpin of the Axis of Evil?......Page 110
Factors in Russian policy towards Iran......Page 111
The economic dimension......Page 112
Nuclear technology sales......Page 113
Military technology and weapons sales......Page 120
Oil and gas cooperation......Page 124
Russian domestic security......Page 129
Regional dimension......Page 131
The Tajikistan conflict......Page 132
The Caspian sea......Page 134
Global dimension......Page 136
Too many sticks, not enough carrots: American deterrence policy......Page 137
Rejecting junior partnership: defying America......Page 141
Iran and the international context......Page 143
Keeping the Iranians in and the Americans out......Page 146
Conclusions......Page 148
5 Russia and Saddam's Iraq: The Road to Nowhere......Page 151
Factors in Russian policy towards Iraq......Page 153
The economic dimension......Page 155
United Nations Security Council sanctions......Page 156
Oil-for-food agreement......Page 159
Debt collection......Page 161
Post-sanctions contracts......Page 162
Russian domestic security......Page 169
Regional dimension......Page 171
Great power aspirations......Page 173
UN diplomacy: giving Russia a voice......Page 178
The utility of multilateralism......Page 183
Conclusions......Page 185
Conclusion......Page 188
Notes......Page 197
Bibliography......Page 233
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M......Page 273
O......Page 274
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U......Page 276
Z......Page 277
