Bulletin n. 1/2015
June 2015
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Zonova Tatiana, Reinhardt Roman
    Main vectors of Russia’s foreign policy (1991-2014)
    in Rivista di Studi Politici Internazionali , Volume 81, n. 4, ottobre-dicembre ,  2014 ,  501-516
    The article casts light upon the evolution of Russia’s approaches to foreign policy throughout the period of 1991-2014 conditioned by changes of the geopolitical situation, shifts on the world arena, as well as the transformation of the country’s position thereon. It provides an acute insight into the major dimensions of Russian foreign policy, in particular relations with the Usa and Nato, the European Union (Eu) and the Commonwealth of Independent States (Cis). Alongside tracking the alterations of foreign policy doctrines and key concepts, the Authors also look into its causes and underpinning by analyzing internal political processes and conflicts of interests within Russia. A special emphasis is put not only on the contrast between Yeltsin’s and Putin’s/Medvedev’s external policy courses, but also on the changes undergone by the latter within the last 14 years. As far as today’s complicated situation involving the Ukrainian crisis is concerned, the outlined experience gives ground for a rather positive outlook about the possibility to overcome the current confrontation between Russia and Western countries provided both parties prove the willingness to do so.
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