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Russian Foreign Policy: Sources and Implications

Name: Russian Foreign Policy: Sources and Implications
Author: Olga Oliker
ISBN: 9780833046079

by Olga Oliker, Keith Crane, Lowell H. Schwartz, Catherine Yusupov

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Overview

As Russia1s economy has grown, so have the country1s global involvement and influence, which often take forms that the United States neither expects nor likes. The authors assess Russia1s strategic interests and goals, examining the country1s domestic policies, economic development, security goals, and worldview. They assess implications for U.S. interests and present ways that Washington could work to improve its relations with Moscow.

Synopsis

As Russia's economy has grown, so have the country's global involvement and influence, which often take forms that the United States neither expects nor likes. The authors assess Russia's strategic interests and goals, examining the country's domestic policies, economic development, security goals, and worldview. They assess implications for U.S. interests and present ways that Washington could work to improve its relations with Moscow.

About the Author, Olga Oliker

Olga Oliker (Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology) is an associate political scientist at RAND. Her research focuses primarily on defense issues and the former Soviet Union, including military reform, military doctr

Keith Crane (PhD, Economics, Indiana University) is a senior economist at RAND. Areas of expertise include Economics of Transition and Economic Forecasting, Transportation Economics, and Defense Economics.

Lowell H. Schwartz (M.A. Johns Hopkins University, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies) is a research programmer at RAND.