Russia and the Challengers: Russian Alignment with China, Iran and Iraq in the Unipolar Era

by H. Belopolsky

Overview

An examination of why Russia chose to jeopardize its embryonic partnership with the West in favour of alignment with states like China, Iran and Iraq and what this means for the stability of the emerging international system.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230545496
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	11/20/2008
Series:	St Antony's Series
Edition description:	2009
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

HELEN BELOPOLSKY holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree in International Relations from St. Antony's College, University of Oxford, UK, and currently works at the Privy Council Office, Government of Canada.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction Perception and Misperception: Russia Looking Outward and In The Russian Institutional Context The Wounded Bear and the Rising Dragon Partnership with Iran: The Lynchpin of the Axis of Evil? Russia and Saddam's Iraq: The Road to Nowhere Conclusions Notes Bibliography Index