Russia and the Middle East

Towards a New Foreign Policy

• Author(s): Talal Nizameddin,
• Publisher: C. Hurst & Co. Publishers
• Pages: 296
• ISBN_10: 1850653801
  ISBN_13: 9781850653806
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / Europe / General , History / Middle East / General , History / Russia / General , History / Modern / 20th Century / General , Political Science / International Relations / General , Political Science / World / Middle Eastern , Political Science / World / Russian & Soviet ,

Description:... The end of the Soviet Union precipitated a reassessment of Russia's foreign policy in many parts of the world, particularly the Middle East. This text looks at how a once cherished commitment to ideological goals and superpower rivalry with the United States was replaced, after 1991, with a pragmatic foreign policy based on national interest, epitomized by the appointment of Yevgeni Primakov as foreign minister.