Identities and Foreign Policies in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus: The Other Europes (One Europe or Several?) - Hardcover

White, Stephen; Feklyunina, Valentina

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0333993616 ISBN 13: 9780333993613

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014

Synopsis

This book maps changing definitions of statehood in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus as a result of their exclusion from an expanding Europe. The authors examine the perceptions of the place of each state in the international political system and its foreign policy choices, and draw comparisons across the region.

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About the Author

Stephen White is James Bryce Professor of Politics at the University of Glasgow, UK, and Visiting Professor at the Institute of Applied Politics in Moscow. His recent books include Understanding Russian Politics (2011), Russia's Authoritarian Elections (co-authored, 2012) and Waiting for Reform under Putin and Medvedev (co-edited with Lena Jonson, 2012).

Valentina Feklyunina is a Lecturer in Politics at Newcastle University, UK. Her research focuses on the questions of identity and foreign policy in the former Soviet Union. Her recent publications include The International Economic Crisis and the Post-Soviet States (co-edited with Stephen White, 2013) and Managing Russia's Image in the West (forthcoming).

Edition details

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0333993616
• ISBN 13: 9780333993613
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 360