Realist Theory And Russian Alliance Behavior
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| Author | : Timothy Mark Sullivan |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 120 |
| Release | : 2000-12-01 |
| Genre | : Alliances |
| ISBN | : 9781423532330 |
This thesis develops multipolar and bipolar propositions for alliance formation, validates these propositions using Russian alliance case studies, and applies these propositions to the post-Cold War international system. Realist theory explains Russian alliance behavior in multipolar (Hitler-Stalin Pact) and bipolar (Warsaw Pact) international systems. In the Hitler-Stalin Pact, domestic influences dominate multipolar alliance selection. In the Warsaw Pact, the emergence of superpower struggle illustrates how structure determines alliance behavior in a bipolar system. In the post-Cold War system, evidence concerning Sino-Russian rapprochement supported a unipolar moment: overwhelming U.S. power allows U.S. action to be dictated by domestic factors while lesser power behavior (i.e., China and Russia) responds to structural stimuli. This thesis demonstrates that realist theory remains a powerful methodology for understanding alliances because Russia behaved as predicted by realist propositions. In the post-Cold War system, when micro-decisions in the United States have global effects, current behavior by emerging powers corresponds to realist predictions. Since the United States cannot wholly distance itself from its domestic, valued-based interests, U.S. foreign policy architects must recognize potential adversaries are more intent on security and regime survival than the advancement of individual rights and democratic freedoms that often seem to shape U.S. international behavior.
| Author | : David T. Chamberlain |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 163 |
| Release | : 2013 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : |
Throughout the period of the Cold War, the theory of realism was the dominant international relations theory used to explain the behavior of states on the world stage. However, in the period following the collapse of the Soviet Union, many began to call into question the ability of realist theory to account for these new developments in the international system, thus putting the once dominant theory on the defensive. In the mid-1990s as relations between the United States and the Russian Federation began to sour over issues such as NATO expansion, some began to wonder if they had been too hasty in discrediting realist theory and perhaps the realists had been correct after all. In this paper I analyze several key issues in United States-Russian relations which have arisen in the post-Cold War era as a means of testing the explanatory power of realist, liberal, and constructivist theories. It is my observation that while alternative theories are able to offer some insights into the relationship between the two states, it is the theory of realism which is best able to account for these developments. Russian action throughout this period could best be described as balancing behavior, very much in keeping with the predictions put forth by realist theory. Based on my empirical findings I offer some insights into the future the United States' relationship with the Russian Federation along with some thoughts on what policies would best serve the interests of the United States while also reducing the likelihood of conflict with our Russian counterparts.
| Author | : Colin Elman |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 829 |
| Release | : 2014-08-12 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 1317937120 |
The Realism Reader provides broad coverage of a centrally important tradition in the study of foreign policy and international politics. After some years in the doldrums, political realism is again in contention as a leading tradition in the international relations sub-field. Divided into three main sections, the book covers seven different and distinctive approaches within the realist tradition: classical realism, balance of power theory, neorealism, defensive structural realism, offensive structural realism, rise and fall realism, and neoclassical realism. The middle section of the volume covers realism’s engagement with critiques levelled by liberalism, institutionalism, and constructivism and the English School. The final section of the book provides materials on realism’s engagement with some contemporary issues in international politics, with collections on United States (U.S.) hegemony, European cooperation, and whether future threats will arise from non-state actors or the rise of competing great powers. The book offers a logically coherent and manageable framework for organizing the realist canon, and provides exemplary literature in each of the traditions and dialogues which are included in the volume. Offering substantial commentary and analysis and including enhanced pedagogy to facilitate student learning, The Realism Reader will provide a 'one-stop-shop' for undergraduates and masters students taking a course in contemporary international relations theory, with a particular focus on realism.
| Author | : Andrei P. Tsygankov |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 168 |
| Release | : 2022-03-17 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 1000554384 |
Russian Realism analyzes Russian contemporary geopolitical thinking, or realism, and explores the notion of Derzhava as the foundation of Russian realism. The author defines Russian realists as all those favoring actions by the Russian state in defense of its interests, including protection of national sovereignty, security, power, and prestige on the international scene. What makes Russian realism distinct is its "vision of Russianness" formed by the country’s historical, cultural/religious experience, and its semi-peripheral position in the international system. The vision stresses the importance of survival, preservation of strong state, and protection of national interests from external infringement. Mainstream literature, especially in the West, tends to ignore Russian theoretical debates and narratives; this book remedies this by providing significant insights into Russian realist thinking. It explores the historical unfolding of the longstanding national debates about Russia’s role in Europe/the West and how realists have reframed these debates in response to multiple international and domestic developments. The book also identifies distinct groups and debates within the broad school of Russian realism. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of Russian foreign policy, IR theory, diplomatic studies, political science, and European history. It will also appeal to a broader general audience of those interested in Russia and international politics.
| Author | : Andrei P. Tsygankov |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 331 |
| Release | : 2012-06-28 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 1139537008 |
Since Russia has re-emerged as a global power, its foreign policies have come under close scrutiny. In Russia and the West from Alexander to Putin, Andrei P. Tsygankov identifies honor as the key concept by which Russia's international relations are determined. He argues that Russia's interests in acquiring power, security and welfare are filtered through this cultural belief and that different conceptions of honor provide an organizing framework that produces policies of cooperation, defensiveness and assertiveness in relation to the West. Using ten case studies spanning a period from the early nineteenth century to the present day - including the Holy Alliance, the Triple Entente and the Russia-Georgia war - Tsygankov's theory suggests that when it perceives its sense of honor to be recognized, Russia cooperates with the Western nations; without such a recognition it pursues independent policies either defensively or assertively.
| Author | : Arash Heydarian Pashakhanlou |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 177 |
| Release | : 2016-12-08 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 3319410121 |
This book examines the fascinating story of how the chief architects of realism (Hans Morgenthau, Kenneth Waltz and John Mearsheimer) dealt with some of the most pressing political issues of our time through the lenses of fear. Pashakhanlou conducts the most comprehensive evaluation of their works to date, compromising of a meticulous analysis of 400 of their publications. As such, this book is an invaluable resource for practitioners, students and concerned citizens that seek to understand how three of the most influential International Relations scholars thought about the implications of fear at the global level. ‘In this important book, the author gets to the heart of the underlying emotional condition on which so much rational political thought in International Relations is built. By uncovering the role of fear within the modern classics of realism, the book sheds light on the role that fear plays in producing otherwise rational decision-making.’ David Galbreath, Professor of International Security, University of Bath, UK ‘The role played by fear in Realist international theory is under-explored and poorly theorised. This book addresses this lacuna and provides a thorough and systematic analysis of the significance of fear in Realism. In doing so, Arash Heydarian Pashakhanlou makes a major contribution to International Relations theory, and the ‘emotional turn’ in the study of contemporary international politics’. Adrian Hyde-Price, Professor of International Politics, Gothenburg University, Sweden
| Author | : Christer Pursiainen |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 264 |
| Release | : 2000 |
| Genre | : Russia (Federation) |
| ISBN | : |
An original and challenging examination of how to transform post-Sovietological study of Soviet and Russian foreign policy into a more integrated part of the Social Sciences and International Relations Theory. This book represents the first detailed and sustained synthesis international relations theory and Soviet/Russian foreign and security policy in academic literature.
| Author | : Kenneth Neal Waltz |
| Publisher | : McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages |
| Total Pages | : 264 |
| Release | : 1979 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : |
Forfatterens mål med denne bog er: 1) Analyse af de gældende teorier for international politik og hvad der heri er lagt størst vægt på. 2) Konstruktion af en teori for international politik som kan kan råde bod på de mangler, der er i de nu gældende. 3) Afprøvning af den rekonstruerede teori på faktiske hændelsesforløb.
| Author | : Victor A. Kremenyuk |
| Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 598 |
| Release | : 2013-08-12 |
| Genre | : Law |
| ISBN | : 0787958867 |
The first edition of International Negotiation became a best-selling classic in the field of global conflict resolution. This second edition has been substantially revised and updated to meet the challenges of today's complex international community. Developed under the direction of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, this important resource contains contributions from some of the world's leading experts in international negotiation, representing a wide range of nations and disciplines. They offer a synthesis of contemporary negotiation theory, perspectives for understanding negotiation dynamics, and strategies for producing mutually satisfactory and enduring agreements that is particularly relevant in these times.
| Author | : Sumantra Maitra |
| Publisher | : Lexington Books |
| Total Pages | : 223 |
| Release | : 2024-04-30 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 1666935859 |
Moscow indulges in the military use of force and balancing behaviour, only when it perceives its interests to be threatened, but seeks to preserve, uphold, or return to the status-quo the moment the threats subside or are neutralized by balancing actions, acting more as a security maximizer, than a power maximizer. The Sources of Russian Aggression: Is Russia a Realist Power? employs a qualitative research design and case study method, relying on secondary literature, military sources, and observed and recorded news. This evidence relies on Russian strategic actions, and not Russian rhetoric. The evidence explored suggests that Russia balances against perceived threats and that Russian use of force is directly proportional to any strategic and material loss. Alternatively, Russia behaves like a status quo power when the perceived threat subsides. Also, Maitra explains how Russian military aggression is focused on geopolitical balance and has narrow strategic aims, and Russia either lacks the will and/or capability or both to be an expansionist or occupying power. Maitra concludes that Russia is inherently a reactive power with limited regional aims, which are not commensurate with an aspiration of a continental hegemony. The findings have future policy relevance for European/British and American security, as the U.S. grows increasingly isolationist, and NATO and EU rift widens.
