Responding to a Resurgent Russia: Russian Policy and Responses from the European Union and the United States

154 Pages·2012·1.49 MB·English

by  Kristi Govella

Responding to a Resurgent Russia
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Vinod K. Aggarwal Kristi Govella
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Editors
Responding to a Resurgent
Russia
Russian Policy and Responses
from the European Union
and the United States
Editors
Vinod K. Aggarwal Kristi Govella
Department of Political Science Department of Political Science
Haas School of Business University of California
University of California Berkeley, CA, USA
Berkeley, CA, USA [email protected]
Berkeley APEC Study Center
University of California
Berkeley, CA, USA
[email protected]
ISBN 978-1-4419-6666-7 e-ISBN 978-1-4419-6667-4
DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-6667-4
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Preface
Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States emerged from the
Cold War as the dominant power on the globe. Since that time, however, other coun-
tries have come to challenge American supremacy. The so-called BRIC countries of
Brazil, Russia, India, and China are often seen as the rising powers that will alter the
landscape of the global political and economic system. This book focuses on one
key country, Russia, in the context of a larger project on the transformation of the
international system.
After the end of the Cold War, Russia emerged as the successor state of the for-
mer Soviet Union. Yet while it continued to possess a nuclear arsenal that put it on
par with the United States, Russia experienced dramatic domestic political change,
social turmoil, and economic decline. With increasing infl ation, foreign debt, and
budget defi cits, compounded by lack of law and order, loss of central control over
the periphery, confl icts in Chechnya, rampant corruption, chronic political instabil-
ity, and a severe fi nancial crisis, Russia’s future looked extremely perilous. Yet over
the last decade, it has reemerged as a key international player, driven by a recentral-
ization of power under former president Vladimir Putin, the current prime minister
of Russia.
Russia’s resurgence has raised concerns, particularly in the United States and the
European Union, and created uncertainty about its integration with the Western
world. The terms of Russian relations with both the US and the EU have shifted
fundamentally since the end of the Cold War, and it is time for scholars to begin
looking for new ways to analyze relations between these key actors. This book
focuses on two central questions. First, what factors explain and characterize
Russia’s resurgence over the past decade? Second, how is the relationship between
the European Union and the United States vis-à-vis this rising power likely to
evolve? The answers to these questions have important implications for the viability
of the current international economic and political order.
This project benefi ted from generous grants from the EU Center of Excellence
and the Institute of Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies at the University of
California, Berkeley, CA. The funds we received allowed us to host a conference
with all of the authors of the chapters in this volume, and most importantly, to get
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feedback from discussants and observers that helped the writers to revise their
papers for this volume. Theocharis Grigoriadis played a crucial role in the early
planning stages of this conference. At our meeting in Berkeley in April 2009, the
participants benefi ted from the insightful comments of Sener Akturk, Sarah Garding,
Danielle Lussier, Bart Watson, Theocharis Grigoriadis, Gail Lapidus, and Ned
Walker. This meeting provided opportunities for interaction that also helped us to
build enduring ties among scholars that geographically span more than half the
globe.
The Berkeley APEC Study Center staff proved crucial support throughout the
project and book manuscript preparation. In particular, a number of undergraduates
who work at the center as part of the Berkeley Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship
Program provide invaluable assistance at all stages. We are particularly grateful to
Kathy Bowen, Andrew Boyce, Michelle Chang, Daniel Chen, Cindy Cheng, Lauren
Dansey, Ren Yi Hooi, Cindy Hwang, Do-Hee Jeong, Cindy Li, Robert Nelson,
Alexander Newhall, Michelle Tan, Viola Tang, and Peter Volberding for their work.
In preparing the fi nal manuscript, Alexsia Chan and Sara Newland, Project Directors
at BASC, helped to shepherd the work along, and we are grateful to them for their
help. We are also indebted to the Ron and Stacy Gutfl eish Foundation for their gen-
erous annual contributions to support BASC’s work.
Finally, we would like to thank Jon Gurstelle of Springer Verlag for his help and
support. We, of course, remain responsible for any errors or omissions.
University of California Vinod K. Aggarwal
Berkeley, CA, USA Kristi Govella
Contents
1 Introduction: The Fall of the Soviet Union
and the Resurgence of Russia ................................................................. 1
Kristi Govella and Vinod K. Aggarwal
2 How Russia Sees the World ..................................................................... 15
Mikhail Rykhtik
3 US–Russia Relations in the Post-Western World .................................. 35
Andrei P. Tsygankov
4 Russia’s Integration into the Global Economy:
The Route to Geopolitical Harmony ...................................................... 51
Christopher Granville
5 Nuclear Power Contracts and International Cooperation:
Analyzing Innovation and Social Distribution in Russian
Foreign Policy ........................................................................................... 69
Theocharis N. Grigoriadis
6 Reformatting the EU–Russia Pseudo-Partnership:
What a Difference a Crisis Makes .......................................................... 85
Pavel K. Baev
7 Meeting the Russian Challenge in the Obama Era ............................... 101
Robert Legvold
8 Russian Foreign Policy: Challenging the Western
Liberal International Order? .................................................................. 125
Kristi Govella and Vinod K. Aggarwal
Index ................................................................................................................ 139
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Contributors
Vinod K. Aggarwal is Professor of Political Science, Affi liated Professor at the
Haas School of Business, and Director of the Berkeley APEC Study Center at the
University of California at Berkeley
Pavel K. Baev is Research Professor at the International Peace Research Institute
Oslo
Kristi Govella is Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at the University
of California at Berkeley
Christopher Granville is Managing Director of Trusted Sources
Theocharis N. Grigoriadis is Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at the
University of California at Berkeley and Ph.D. candidate in Economics at Saint
Petersburg State University
Robert Legvold is Professor of Political Science at Columbia University
Mikhail Rykhtik is Professor at State University of Nizhni Novgorod
Andrei P. Tsygankov is Professor of International Relations and Political Science
at San Francisco State University
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