Russian & Eurasian Studies 241 - Russia, the West, & Putinism

Spring
2018
01
4.00
Stephen Jones
MW 02:40PM-03:55PM
Mount Holyoke College
102545
Clapp Laboratory 203
sfjones@mtholyoke.edu
102545,102584
Since its creation at the beginning of the twentieth century, the Soviet Union dominated the minds of Western foreign policymakers. None of the West's policies in the Middle East, the Third World, Europe, or China after World War II can be understood without the study of Soviet foreign policy. We will examine the development of Soviet foreign policy since 1917 and, following the collapse of the USSR in 1991, the role played by Russia and Russia and the former Soviet republics in the far more complex and multipolar 'New World Order.' What should U.S. policy be toward the emerging new states of the Baltics, Central Asia, and Caucasia?
Taught in English
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