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Putin's Diplomatic Vision Research

Posted on:2006-12-02Degree:DoctorType:Dissertation
Country:ChinaCandidate:J F LiFull Text:PDF
GTID:1116360152490908Subject:International political science
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As a great power,Russia is our biggest neighboring country.Historically speaking, the two great powers have been confronted with each other as enemies,and also have been allied as good friends.In intemational stage,what Russia is doing is of great importance to us.Therefore,The study to its foreign policy is one of'the fields which are paid close attention to in China.In the final day of 1 999,Yelsin,then still in power, transferred the presidency to Putin with the entrusted words"to love Russia".After that,the concem was what kind of foreign policy the new Putin administration would push.So far,the world has been familiar with Russia'S foreign policy,which has been expounded by specialists too.However,as for Putin'S foreign thought,there are few discussions about it.Personally speaking,foreign thought,which is just like a rudder, is an important part in the research of foreign affairs and is the essence in the study of diplomacy.With the analysis for Putin's saying and practice in foreign affairs.this thesis tries to give a comprehensive exploration for his foreign thought,hoping offer some theoretical help to take Russian foreign pulse. Excluding the concluding remarks,altogether this thesis consists of 6 chapters, with introductory remarks and main body. The introductory remarks mainly expound the foundation,importance and methodology for this subj ect.Meanwhile it gives an introduction and analysis for the status quo of this study,expounding the emphasis,difficulty and also creative ideas in this thesis. The first chapter analyzes the backgrounds and influencing elements in the coming of Putin'S foreign thought.With the periodic subject of peace and development,international backgrounds are the multi-polarization trend and its influence on intemational structure,the chances and challenges to the transitional countries by economical globlization,and the security environment tangled with traditional and untraditional elements.Domestically speaking,they are about the political and social status and economy situation,the Russian traditional foreign conceptions:Atlanticism,modem Slavicism and neo-Euro-Asianism,and with special attention paid to Putin'S personal elements:growing·up environment,his patriotism, career backgrounds and administrating features in which Putin'S foreign conceptions were bom. The second chapter expounds Putin'S views and explanations about the world, Russia and its foreign policy.These views are not only the prerequisite and basis for Putin'S foreign thought,but also a component of it.The main points are his recognition for the periodic subject(peace and development),the trend of multi-polarization,and his overall understanding of Russia and its worldly position. He firmly believes that in foreign affairs national interests should be given top priority, internal targets higher than external ones,and emphasizes the balance between targets and means. The third chapter deals with Putin's conceptions about Russian foreign orientations,which have been disputable all the time.After understanding the foreign experience and lessons in Yelsin administration,Putin is trying to push the So called "omnibearing foreign policy"aiming to cultivate better environment for its domestic development,and holds the strategy of"merging with Europe''to pave the way for a powerful Russia.This chapter pays more attention to the foundation,obj ective and content of the"omnibearing foreign policy"and analyzes the reasons,content and forecast of the"merging with Europe"strategy. The forth chapter explores Putin'S foreign conceptions in terms of economy, resources and military,which belong to the domain of diplomacy.The connotation and imagines are the main parts in the analysis of economical foreign conceptions, while the materials,theoretical basis and contents are the composing parts in the analysis of resource foreign policy.The ending part of this chapter deals with the connotation,contents of military foreign policy and the practice by Putin administration. T...
Keywords/Search Tags:Putin's foreign conceptions, Russian foreign policy, foreign strategy
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