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Although, he may have militaristic views on safety and relations he still tries to make his country a better place. He focuses on benefiting his country’s wealth and the general well being of the citizens of Russia. “Under Vladimir Putin, Russia has managed to significantly reduce the arrears to international financial institutions” ( )Although he may have a intense personality, when it comes to government and his people he tries to make their life better. Putin maybe want all control but he can’t have that if his own country is thinking of a revolt. To prohibit this He pays off the debts they had with other countries. Russia has understood what debts can do to your people when they are being prolonged to pay off. Although Putin may want to be their one supreme leader he can not accomplish that if he has to worry about possible revolutions. When some people first come to office, they typically try to make their plans happen. This wasn’t the case when Vladimir Putin came to power. When Putin came to be president he was a faced with a serious issue that was previously left for him, he had to solve the Ukraine conflict.“The power of the Society, or legislative, constituted by them, can never be supposed to extend farther that the common good.”(Locke) This shows that Putin did this to better the good of his people, while doing so he also made his country even safer than it was originally. Solving the Ukraine conflict allowed people within and around that area to feel safer. Instead of being neutral in the situation like other countries, he got involved. Putin may appear fierce but he has a soft spot for the safety of his own and others.

Jessica Taylor of NPR talks about how “Donald Trump's praise towards the Russian President Vladimir Putin” is creating controversy once again after his interview on Thursday to state-funded Russian Television. It is pretty obvious to the everyday American that the U.S. lags behind Russia in the development of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), and that as America's global influence diminishes, a potential nuclear war with Russia could have earth-shattering effects. With these rising tensions and a nuclear war threatening on the horizon, one would imagine a President to work to relieve the possible threat. No President since Ronald Reagan has made efforts to work, or possibly find an ally within Russia. Over the past 8 years, President

To modify Winston Churchill’s quote on Russia Putin “…is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.” We can unwrap this mystery by analyzing Putin’s foreign policy through the eyes Morgenthau which will be the basis of this paper. By understanding the mystery we can say that Putin is following a Realist perspective and not the liberalist perspective especially with the Crimean Conflict.

It seems Obama’s foreign policy in Russia has to do with institutional constraints and reminding the kremlin of American economic power and their dependence on its support. The contrast between Obama’s realism in one situation and liberalism in another communicates that his foreign policy strategy of “smart power” has more to do with approval ratings and money than a principled construction of foreign policy through bending and blending. Obama’s sanctions attempt to secure U.S. economic hegemony by weakening the ruble relative to the dollar, and Obama’s treasury department believes this strategy works better than hard power. Regardless of Obama’s hard or soft power, the motive behind his foreign policy remains the same: ensuring U.S. hegemony. Though realism cannot fully explain Obama’s instrumental mechanisms for ensuring such an effect, realism does explain the Obama Administration’s motives for global dominance—liberalism (and sometimes constructivism) merely justifies the

For decades, the United States and Russia, formerly The Soviet Union, have held tensions with each other over different political stances and military actions and intelligence. Starting from the late years of World War II - when the Soviet Union had aggressively spread communism throughout Eastern Europe - up to a couple years ago when Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula in Ukraine out of nowhere; their relationship has been a rollercoaster of a ride for these two countries. Even though the United States and Russia are no longer in a Cold War, there has been and continues to be tension between the two countries as exemplified by many events of conflict including the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Russian military’s current presence in Syria.

The President tries every possible diplomatic solution to quell the military problem. He speaks to the Russian Premier in a feminist manner to try and avoid confrontation. His approach to the

Within Goldsteins book on the political history of the party, the reasoning behond the controlling regimeis given. It is merely a ploy to remain in power for the purpose of powe. This is done by manipulsting the fears of citizens during wartime in which “…the consciousness of being at war, and therefiore ij danger, makes the handing over of pwer to a small caste seem the natural, unavoidable condition of survival”(Pg.192). This form of control utilizes fear and the gloryb of warfare to maintain complete control and earn the trust, loyalty and admiration of its citizenry. Likewise, Putin utilizes terrorist hysteria in order to aid thr Russian rise in power and earn respect from surrounding countries. Although just as the party hides their need for power behind the idea that they are doing ot for the people, Putin hides his ambitions behind anti-terrorist war rcrys. Even going as far as to say“It is not the matter of Russia’s ambitions but the recognition of the fact that we can no longer tolerate the current state of affairs in the world”. The constant barrage of fighting paints the former Russian superpower as an unwavering hero against the forces of terrorism. Putin’s desire for power parreles the partyes desire for power, while thie hiding of motives behind warfare are also

I never truly had a positive or negative view towards Russia, but always heard assumptions on how Russia was “the enemy,” so I would assume that what I heard from the people around me. It wasn’t until last week in class when we saw all these videos about the Russian soul and way of life, that made me think that Russia was not just another place full of gangsters and heartless citizen. This class made me realize that the people are no different from us Americans. In addition, seeing Putin singing to his country made see how he might not be all that bad of a person after all. I never knew that Russia could be so lively and full of spirituality through the term which I learned in class as the Russian soul. I learned that the people see family as the most important part of life and I got to sympathies with the Russian people. Russia may have a troubled past, but what country does not? We have to look at the past, accept what happened; we need to look at the changes and accept that Russia today is nothing like the

With hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees leaving Syria everyday due to warlike conditions under the current Syrian regime, many have asked what the US government’s involvement can and should be. The current regime in Syria acts with international support from powerful countries, more specifically, Russia. This complicates matters in terms of US involvement due to how an aspect of Russia’s “power” can be defined internationally. For the purposes of this paper, Russia’s power or international advantage relies on the country’s nuclear capabilities. In cases of international conflicts, Russia can assert itself as a mechanism of support, and slow, or halt completely, the international political process due to unspoken, but heavily relevant, nuclear capabilities. Political disagreements between Russia and the U.S. increase complexity with the addition of military support. The use of military force muddies the progress of ongoing treaties between Russia and the U.S., and threatens the goals of U.S. nuclear policies. The new START nuclear weapons treaty targets reduction in potential nuclear posturing and increasing reliance on the use of diplomacy.

Robert Alexander’s The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar illustrated great depth of knowledge in the Eastern Europe region, specifically, Russia. By reading the daily life and struggles dealt by the Russian Imperial Romanov family during their house arrest in the year 1917 up until the family’s death in 1918, the reader is able to identify and comprehend Russia’s religion, culture, and issues during this time period and how it came in effect for the Romanovs and enhanced the reader’s understanding of the region. Historically speaking, Russia has had a deep conflict with its people and the government over long periods of time. Russia’s government has gone through several transformations since the Last Tsar’s regime.

Ever since the cold war, Russia has always held a grudge against America as a revisionist state. Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, owns extreme nationalism and wants nothing more but for Russia to be on top, the strongest, most powerful, expanding country.

There were many difficulties which arose as there were many questions which occurred such as ‘who has the right to authority?’ to authorize military intervention for humanitarian purposes? (Heywood, 2011) This is usually referred to the UN security council, this emphasises on the power in which the security council holds and how much responsibility they have, to protect and maintain peace and security. Secondly, Kofi Annan tried to reconcile the tension between sovereignty and human rights, by arguing that, in a context of globalization and international cooperation’s, the state should be viewed as ‘the servant of people and vice versa’ (Annan,1999) . Changing attitudes towards the norm are reflected in the growth in the influence of such doctrines of intervention as the responsibility to protect is that there is an onus on the international community to intervene in situations, where the lives of a country’s civilian population are threatened by the actions of government (Guelke, 2012) However, this can be seen as a disadvantages towards ‘responsibility to protect’ as stated above people’s lives and safety are in the hands of governments which in some occasions cannot be good, as not all civilians agree with government verdicts. Finally, Russia is regarded as a weak rival of the west in geo-strategic terms, its capacity to project power remains very limited (Guelke, 2012). Another example includes; Iraq, they do not follow the human right law, which shows that they are in need for protection to prevent waste of supreme court time and funding. Iraq has one of the most corrupt governments in the world, due to lack of human rights, which is defining the lives of civilians within their country. It is evident that there is a significant need for the right to protect in countries such as

Vladimir Putin used nationalism and loyalties to gain popularity. Then once he made a name for himself and was seen as a person to pay attention to in Russia, he slowly started to gain support through the use of charm. One Of the driving forces that brought Putin to power was the act of making himself popular after the Russian apartment bombings in September 1999, he made the scared and worried citizens see him as someone to trust and as someone who was there to protect them. In the instance that the apartment bombings were a systematic attack against the Russian citizens planned by Putin and the Russian government as a way to gain political popularity this would fit the definition of Crimes Against Humanity (The widespread or systematic attacks

Vladimir Putin has been offering assistance to Assad during the Syrian Civil war. President Putin surprised many when he made his sudden announcement about his withdrawal of all military assistance from Syria. Putin has offered government assistance and military assistance to Assad, and they have helped achieve many towns and miles of territory back from the rebels, and military officials have cut off the main supply line for the rebels. A ceasefire was negotiated between Mr. Putin’s foreign minister as well as the Secretary of State John F. Kerry before things can be locked into place. While the ceasefire was called and in place government military forces still attacked key places, without consequences. Putin feels that he has done his main

The economic environment in Russia has deteriorated lately, and the government are desperately looking for news sources of revenues. This includes cutting wages of citizens that they obviously don’t care about and it’s seek of new sources of revenues is putting the country economy in peril. Putin and its manipulative government are creating laws that will advantage themselves and are using others just to achieve their goals. Taking the case of the Syrian, their military presence there is just to reduce the U.S involvement in Ukraine. Nobody can tell him anything because he is “loved” by Russians or at least fear him so much that they don’t want to that any risks by opposing