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RUSSIA'S PRAGMATIC REIMPERIALIZATION.

RUSSIA'S PRAGMATIC REIMPERIALIZATION.

Authors :
Bugajski, Janusz
Source :
Caucasian Review of International Affairs; Jan2010, Vol. 4 Issue 1, p3-19, 17p
Publication Year :
2010

Abstract

The Russian authorities are engaged in a policy of "pragmatic reimperialization" in seeking to restore Moscow's regional dominance, undermining U.S. global influence, dividing the NATO alliance, neutralizing the European Union (EU), limiting further NATO and EU enlargement, and re-establishing zones of "privileged interest" in the former Soviet bloc, where pliant governments are targeted through economic, political, and security instruments. Russia's strategies are pragmatic and opportunistic by avoiding ideology and political partisanship and focusing instead on an assortment of threats, pressures, inducements, and incentives. Despite its expansive ambitions, the Russian Federation is - potentially - a failing state, and may be resorting to increasingly desperate imperial reactions to intractable internal problems that could presage the country's territorial disintegration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
18656773
Volume :
4
Issue :
1
Database :
Supplemental Index
Journal :
Caucasian Review of International Affairs
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
51361290