CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2010
| Author | Glaser, Sophie Camilla |
|---|---|
| Title | PUTIN'S 'SOFT' FOREIGN POLICY: A RUSSIAN RESPONSE TO AN EVOLVING INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY |
| Summary | Russia has undergone serious changes since gaining independence from the Soviet Union . Today its role in the international community is an important feather in its cap. However the Putin presidency created the path on which the Russian Federation is to walk. How then did the Russian Federation adopt it’s ‘soft’ power rhetoric and why? The methodology used is one of synthesis, by using the English school which uses a historical and pragmatic method by co-opting elements of other theories to create a ‘best-fit’ logic to cases, I hope to understand the reasoning behind the implementation of a non-military way of promoting national interests. The major findings of this thesis are that the adoption of ‘soft’ power norms by the Putin administration was done in such a way as to keep many of the coercive elements of ‘hard’ power, and as a reaction to the international communities expectations of Russia. Thus negating the principles behind it without infringing on the norms, and values outright. |
| Supervisor | Fumagalli, Matteo |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2010/glaser_sophie.pdf |
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