ABSTRACT

A stimulating new analysis of the dramatic systemic changes of the Russian state, principles of the governance and its foreign policy orientation.

It reviews the extent of changes in Russian approaches to geopolitics and the most appropriate geopolitical development patterns that influenced the transformation of Russian foreign policies and military strategic thinking on the eve of the 21st century.

chapter |8 pages

Introduction

part |124 pages

Geopolitics, Geo-Strategy and Foreign Policy

part |141 pages

Domestic Reforms

chapter |54 pages

The Strategy of Reforms

chapter |43 pages

The Litmus Test

Civil–military relations

part |30 pages

Present and Future Integration Channels

chapter |5 pages

Conclusion

Net results – systemic changes