| The dissertation discusses the evolvement of Russia-US relations after Putin came into power. It mainly concerns the strategic interactions between Russia and US, as well as the influential factors about its evolvement. The dissertation consists of introduction and main body which includes five chapters. In the introduction, the author explains the significance and research methods of the topic, analyses the study status quo and achievements home and abroad, and points out the innovation and shortcomings of the dissertation. In the first chapter, the author mainly analyses the adjustment of Russia's foreign policy and the changes that happen to Russia's US policy after Putin came into power. Putin came into power at the historical crisis that Russia was beset with difficulties both at home and abroad. On the basis of drawing foreign experience and lessons from Yeltin, Putin adjusted Russia's foreign policy. Comparing with his predecessor, Putin adopted a more active, flexible and pragmatic foreign policy. As the guiding thoughts about foreign policy adjusted, Russia's US policy changed greatly. Putin clearly confessed US's global dominance position, considered that the asymmetry of Russia-US relations was a fact, but not a tragedy. Considering from the strategic demands to focus on domestic affairs to revive the economy, insure Russia's security and merge into the international community, Putin's mainstream US policy was to seek cooperation with US. Putin improved Russia-US relations with a realistic attitude, whose ultimate aim was to make the Russia-US relations develop on a "normal development orbit", namely, the development of Russia-US relations must be in line with Russia's general strategies of reviving as a great power, and must be in line with Russia's pressing national interests. On this basis, Russia's foreign strategy thoughts toward US changed. Not seeking strategic confrontation and competition, building up steady strategic trustful relations even strategic partnership became the goal of Russia's US foreign policy. In the second chapter, the author mainly expounds the evolvement in political, security field after Russia-US new-style strategic relations set up. The set up of Russia-US new-style strategic partnership after "9·11" and the improvement of Russia-US relations didn't necessarily lead to the disappearance of Russia-US strategic competition. Though Russia and US signed the Treaty on Further Reduction and Limitation of Offensive Strategic Arms,since the treaty chiefly reflected US's purpose, together with US's withdrawal from Anti-ballistic Missile Treaty, the nuclear strategic advantage further tilted towards US. The set up of "20 nations" mechanism between Russia and NATO didn't stop the second wave of NATO's Eastward Expansion,the US-led NATO still holds a core position in the European security pattern. Taking the advantage of anti-terrorism, US penetrated into the Central Asia, and the competition of penetration and anti-penetration between Russia and US in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) continues. In order to solve Chechen issue and alleviate the peripheral security situation, Russia actively supported the US anti-terrorism, however, since anti-terrorism is merely an important issue to Russia's foreign strategy but not an principal one, and divergence on anti-terrorism between Russia and US existed, Russia will not always be influenced by the US-led international anti-terrorism. The conflicts on international hotspot issues between Russia and US loomed. During Iraq War, Russia insisted on opposing the war but not America, and Russia-US relations stood the trials. On Iran nuclear issue, Russia and US continuously argued over Russia's providing nuclear and missile technology to Iran. On Korean Peninsular nuclear crisis, though the core contradiction exists between US and North Korea, Russia has been actively playing a mediating role which helps alleviate the tense situation of the nuclear crisis. In the third chapter, the author chiefly expounds the e... |
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