Russian & Eurasian Studies 246 - Kremlin Rising: Foreign Policy
Fall
2013
01
4.00
Constantine Pleshakov
MW 01:15PM-02:30PM
Mount Holyoke College
85098
Shattuck Hall 216
cpleshak@mtholyoke.edu
85098,85070
'This course will examine the foreign policy of the Russian Federation of the past twenty years. As a successor state Russia has inherited both the Soviet Union's clout (nuclear arms, permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council) and Soviet debts - monetary, psychological, and historical. What are the conceptual foundations of Russian diplomacy? Can we deconstruct Russian nationalism so as to examine its different trends and their impact on foreign policy? Do Russian exports of oil and gas define Russian diplomacy, as it is often claimed? Is there any pattern in the struggle over resources and their export routes in continental Eurasia?'