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Russia At War: Chechnya, Georgia, And Theories Of Foreign Policy, Tyler J. Pack
Russia At War: Chechnya, Georgia, And Theories Of Foreign Policy, Tyler J. Pack
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The conflicts in Chechnya and Georgia are for Russia the seminal policy events of the turbulent post-‐Soviet era. Learning about Russian conflict policy thinking with respect to these cases should help to illuminate broader Russian foreign policy objectives and tendencies. Even though the Chechen Wars were by nature domestic conflicts, I believe that trends and patterns from that case, combined with insights from the Georgian conflict, can help identify strengths and weaknesses of major Russian foreign policy theories.
Though there are many such theories, I see that most fall into one of two broad categories. While there is some overlap, …