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The Domestic Political Causes in the Evolution of Russian Foreign Policy after the Cold War

Author: LvChao
Tutor: LiuJun
School: East China Normal University
Course: International relations
Keywords: Russia Domestic Politics Foreign Policy Domestic Origins
CLC: D851.2
Type: Master's thesis
Year: 2010
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Country's foreign policy decision-makers based on the formulation of national interest on the basis of rational choice enacted. However, the decision makers of foreign policy is in a complex domestic political environment, which makes domestic politics and foreign policy in a process of mutual influence. As Alexander Wendt Turning to foreign policy, domestic environmental impact, like when he said, \Specifically for Russia, to analyze the contemporary Russian foreign policy or decision-making mechanism to create, to understand why Russia has in today's time we see the kind of foreign policy, taking fully into account the post-Soviet Russian politics, economy, culture, society Russia's internal transformation or system changes, explore the evolution of Russian foreign policy after the Cold War's domestic political roots are very necessary. In Russia's domestic political factors affecting its way through a variety of foreign policy, foreign policy, but also by influencing Russia's domestic political and economic reform and participation in the world system approach, the degree counterproductive approach to domestic politics. Soviet Union in 1991, after the establishment of the Russian Federation, the Russian chaotic state of the domestic political change its foreign policy to adjust the domestic context: the differentiation of political parties representing different sectors of combinations of different interest groups appeared limited opening of the freedom of speech and so on. This paper first discusses the domestic roots of Russian foreign policy, such as domestic events, constitutional structure and regime type on the impact of foreign policy. Yeltsin, Putin Medvedev even during the period of the Russian government leaders faced domestic political environment is not consistent. On the whole, with the constant progress in Russia's democratization process, its domestic political system of party politics, the separation of powers, checks and balances and other framework has been initially set up, the operation of modern politics are becoming increasingly stable. If we fully take into account changes in Russia's foreign policy, cultural, social, traditional and other background factors, along the path of political culture and diplomatic history to study Russia's diplomatic behavior, you will find in Russian political culture of the \consciousness \This article also discusses from the Yeltsin era, \policy, advocated the establishment of a multi-polar world, Russia's foreign policy after the Cold War is the inheritance and development coexist. Russia's domestic politics during the transition causes a profound impact on its foreign policy. For example, for a period of democratic transition stage of the country, the Government is facing the pressure of the election is how to respond to \\This article also discusses the impact of a series of foreign policy, domestic political factors, such as political structure, organization system, military, economic strength, public opinion, interest groups, etc., and how they shape the specific level of Russian foreign policy. Meanwhile, the international community, especially the Western countries Russia policy reacts on the extent to which Russia's domestic politics. In addition, on the basis of the previous text after the Putin era Russian domestic politics and foreign policy analyzes and forecasts: democratization in Russia this context, the \is minimal. Russia's domestic political impact of the democratization process in Russia is still an important factor in relations with the West: authoritarian political tendencies, Chechnya policy, re-nationalization of economic sectors, energy politics and even the practice of treating some entrepreneurs are likely to Russia and The Present and Future of Western relations impact; West of Russia's concern focused on its political development model of choice, focusing on Russia's democracy, which is the Western policy towards Russia starting and ending points. Finally, the Russian domestic and foreign policy relevance are summarized and theoretical generalization, namely: domestic political decisions of foreign policy, foreign policy influence domestic politics, this is an interactive process. Foreign Policy Politics has two sides - the perpetrators of domestic politics and the international system of the participants, it is the interaction between these two shaping Russia's foreign policy.

The Domestic Political Causes in the Evolution of Russian Foreign Policy after the Cold War

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