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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790489603321

Autore

Tsygankov Andrei P. <1964->

Titolo

Russia and the West from Alexander to Putin : honor in international relations / / Andrei P. Tsygankov [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012

ISBN

1-107-23212-0

1-139-54043-2

1-283-52225-X

1-139-52764-9

9786613834706

1-139-52644-8

1-139-53230-8

1-139-17907-1

1-139-53111-5

1-139-52883-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 317 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Classificazione

POL011000

Disciplina

327.470182/1

Soggetti

Honor - Political aspects - Russia - History

Honor - Political aspects - Russia (Federation) - History

Russia Foreign relations Western countries

Russia (Federation) Foreign relations Western countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Part I. Theory: Honor in international relations -- The Russian state and its honor -- Russia's relations with the West -- Part II. Honor and Cooperation: The Holy Alliance, 1815-1853 -- The Triple Entente, 1907-1917 -- The collective security, 1933-1939 -- The war with terror, 2001-2005 -- Part III. Honor and Defensiveness: The Recueillement, 1856-1871 -- The peaceful coexistence, 1921-1939 -- Containing NATO expansion, 1995-2000 -- Part IV. Honor and Assertiveness: The Crimean War, 1853-1856 -- The early Cold War, 1946-1949 -- The Russia-Georgia War, August 2008 -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

Since Russia has re-emerged as a global power, its foreign policies



have come under close scrutiny. In Russia and the West from Alexander to Putin, Andrei P. Tsygankov identifies honor as the key concept by which Russia's international relations are determined. He argues that Russia's interests in acquiring power, security and welfare are filtered through this cultural belief and that different conceptions of honor provide an organizing framework that produces policies of cooperation, defensiveness and assertiveness in relation to the West. Using ten case studies spanning a period from the early nineteenth century to the present day - including the Holy Alliance, the Triple Entente and the Russia-Georgia war - Tsygankov's theory suggests that when it perceives its sense of honor to be recognized, Russia cooperates with the Western nations; without such a recognition it pursues independent policies either defensively or assertively.