Russian foreign policy sources and implications /

• Corporate Author: Project Air Force (U.S.)
• Other Authors: Oliker, Olga.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2009.
• Series: Rand Corporation monograph series.
• Subjects: 2000 - 2099; Globalization > Political aspects > Russia (Federation); POLITICAL SCIENCE > International. > Government; POLITICAL SCIENCE > General. > International Relations; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General; Globalization > Political aspects.; Diplomatic relations.; Political science.; Strategic aspects of individual places.; Russia (Federation) > Foreign relations.; Russia (Federation) > Strategic aspects.; Russia (Federation) > Politics and government > 21st century.; Russia (Federation) > Foreign relations > United States.; United States > Foreign relations > Russia (Federation); Russia (Federation); United States.; Electronic books.
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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, as the August 2008 conflict in Georgia demonstrated. Despite the two countries' many disagreements and the rising tension bet...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Russia's domestic situation
• Russia's economy and Russian resources for defense
• Russian foreign policy
• Russia's defense and security policy
• Today's Russia: implications for the United States.