Russia’s Monroe Doctrine: Peacekeeping, Peacemaking or Imperial Outreach?

• Authors: Teresa Rakowska-Harmstone
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The article discusses the important changes in the Russian foreign policy doctrines that occurred in the beginnings of the 1990s, after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The Author argues that the officially claimed devotion to peacemaking and peacekeeping are in fact manifestations of the Russian imperial outreach. The model of international relations promoted by Moscow in fact resembles the American 19th century Monroe Doctrine. Thus, the foreign policy doctrine and the potential national conflicts in the post-Soviet territory may become triggers for Russian actions aiming at restoring the Russian Empire.

Keywords

EN

Russia; Ukraine; Soviet Union; Baltics; Transnistria; Caucasus; Central Asia; foreign policy; geopolitics of Russia; conflicts

• Publisher: European Association for Security
• Journal: Securitologia
• Year: 2014
• Issue: 1(19)
• Pages: 7-45

Contributors

author

Teresa Rakowska-Harmstone

• Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada

Identifiers

DOI

10.5604/18984509.1129693