Russia Case Study

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Uniteds States’ foreign relations with Russia have been shaky even after the fall of the USSR in 1991, most notably because Russian leaders have never been very supportive of the United States’ global democratic influence. However, with the collapse of the Soviet economy, Russia realized that democratic economic policies were probably the only path to a successful and thriving country. But with recent U.S. intervention in Russian foreign policy over the annexation of Crimea and the unstable Ukrainian conflicts, relations with Russia have become especially hostile. Therefore the U.S. should take a look at the implications of losing stable relations with Russia (as it has in the past few years) and instead strengthen these relations, to

The foreign policies of Russia also compliments in many ways its domestic policies, both in the apparent want for dominance and security in the focal point on sovereignty. These aims lead to an importance on bringing back Russia’s international status and removing positions of power that Western states have had in Russia

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.

For example, Russia helped to clear unexploded ordnance left behind by NATO’s bombing during the Kosovo war of 1999, and in 2014, helped fly in emergency relief when floods hit the region. Since then, Russia has regularly been helping with forest fires, providing tents for migrants and training emergency responders. To the citizens, Russia’s consistent involvement, on top of its historically strong ties, creates a sense of trust and goodwill. This also increases their likelihood of buying into Russian propaganda against the West. Although the EU has provided $3.16bn in aid since 2000, an amount that dwarfs Russia’s in comparison, a recent poll showed that Serbs wrongly believe Russia to be one of their main benefactor and 64% view NATO as a threat. However, this does not mean that Serbia is entirely pro-Russia, as 40% of the population is in favour of joining the EU.

Commitment to international security has been a point of conflict between Russia and the U.S. Historically the U.S. has abided by an ideology of universalism, “by which all nations share a common interest in all the affairs of the world” whereas Russia, formerly the USSR, has abided by the sphere-of-influence view, “by which each great power would be assured by other great powers of predominance in its own area of special interest” (Origins, p.26). Therefore, it is imperative that U.S. leadership protects the sovereignty of

Imagine the United States’ acrimony and fear when China and Russia ally with Canada, Mexico and Cuba. Imagine its fury when totalitarianism and socialism dominate its neighbours. How far will the United States go to ensure its national security at that point? In “Why the Ukraine Crisis Is the West’s Fault,” an article wrote seven months after the Annexation of Crimea, John Mearsheimer not only analyzes the causes and effect of the crisis explains Russia’s rationale for its action. Without a doubt, the article successfully fulfilled accomplished its purpose. Mearsheimer is correct; indeed, the west is responsible for the Ukraine Crisis, thus it should adjust its foreign policies toward

Orthodoxy, Autocracy, and Narodnost have become the three ideological pillars of Russia’s internal policy and combine seamlessly with the social Darwinism of Russia’s foreign policy. Vladislav Surkov says that “democracy is no longer a universal concept, the reality of which can be measured by applying universal criteria that are valid in different countries.” Because of this, Russia becomes immune from criticism and other organizations because it can determine whether its system fulfills the democratic criteria. Putin had a grand design which had two main goals: the first was to reestablish at least a Union of the Slavs core countries of the former Soviet Union, and to reestablish Soviet Union under exclusive Russian leadership. In an attempt to create a Federation, Russia is trying to absorb the countries that were formed after the USSR’s fall, such as, Belarus and Ukraine. In retrospect, any country that joins up with the Federation will basically be made

The United States of America irrefutably remains a superpower in the current era. The country is capable of influencing, to some degree, every part of the world. It is also afforded a myriad of political avenues in which to shape this influence. Those avenues can be broken down into 4 categories; Diplomatic, Informational, Military, and Economic (DIME) means. Effectively using these means, either separately or in combination, is a calculated effort driven by the highest levels of American government in pursuit of goals laid out in the National Security Strategy (NSS). The incorrect use of DIME elements to achieve those goals can render the overall effort ineffective, or in some cases, counterproductive. The May 2010 NSS includes

This sets the understanding that since Russia has a malicious agenda with the supreme goal of regaining superpower status, they will most definitely spy on the United States since American allies do as well. Therefore, it should be understood that Russia will continuously be attempting to raise their status alongside influencing and harming the United States, and thus every act of Russian espionage against the United States should be viewed as a mischievous threat.

Russia's future position in the world is dismal. The inability to compromise were formed by difficult transition from communism to capitalism when Mikhail Gorbachev introduced the policies of glasnost and perestroika . Strong, hard and inflexible characters of Russian leaders has already created many problems for the whole world but first of all for people in the country who are blind to see what is going or who simply thinks that it

Throughout history, Russia and The United States’ relationship has been a tense one, lacking trust. “Like most cultures, it is important to have

The term grand strategy in global politics concerns the assemblage of cooperation between the states with its policies and plans in an effort to regulate military, economic and diplomatic means collectively which assist in promoting a state’s national interest. In view of this the method of grand strategy in regards to theory and practice is studied in an attempt to assist in learning from our past. The United States is known for its achievement in becoming an ultimate superpower during its quest to have stability between other state’s such France and United Kingdom. Throughout history the United States has dedicated itself to solving other state’s problems. Due to this it has caused many states to have a dependency on the United States in

The issue raised within the article is the increased tension between Russian and the United States caused by Russia’s decision to back out of a ‘ landmark agreement on disposing weapons-grade plutonium’ added to its deployment of ‘ new nuclear-capable missiles to Kaliningrad on the baltic sea’ these two actions by Russia occurred due to Russia’s annoyance at the US’s military exercises in eastern Europe both of these actions have negatively affected interstate relations between the two world powers. Russian president Vladimir Putin’s military aggression has worried both european and american officials leaving them with a very difficult decision on how to deal with the issue and Putin because Washington’s attempts to deter Russia have failed

The events of January 2009 was finally proven that from the power sources Russia may forge not only a political capital, but also able to influence union decision making on an extraordinary manner with this, mostly with the „devide and conquer” tactic. As a result of the inflow oil dollars in the past years Russia confirmed its positon on the European energy market significantly. The country made investments additional not just in the transportation infrastructure, but gave your unambiguous signs, that wants to hold its monopol position in the market. Because of this they try to interfere that the European Union could get energy from somwhere else - to sidestep