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Maple Combination During The Russia-belarus Relations Comment

Posted on:2011-09-10Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:L LiFull Text:PDF
GTID:2206360308471962Subject:International relations
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Russia and Belarus are two closest countries in many fields such as politics, economy and culture among Commonwealth of Independent States. Russia-Belarus Union reached the highest level of integration after its foundation among sub-regional integration organizations in the Commonwealth of Independent States, encouraging the political and economic integration in CIS. But since 2002 the integration process began to slow down and even stagnate because of different views of Putin and Lukashenko on mode of Russia-Belarus Union, Single Currency and the position of Belarus in the Union.2008 was the significant year for the development of Russia-Belarus Union. Russia successfully transferred the power, forming the"Map Combination", in which new Russia president Medvedve took the familiar policy to Belarus as his predecessor. However, Medvedev's foreign policy was also adjusted a lot because of the international financial crisis and the differentiation of CIS after military conflict between Russia and Georgia, as a result, Medvedev's mild style brought new change to the relation of Russia and Belarus.Belarus also adjusted its foreign policy greatly in the background of financial crisis. It tried its best to develop the economy. To the foreign affairs, it conforms t the principles of pragmatism and multilateralism: on the one hand, Belarus continued to speed up the process of integration between Russia and Belarus, on the other hand, it actively improve the relations to the West especially European Union. It tried hard to take the geo-strategic advantage t become the bridge of communication between Russia and European Union and at the same time, it strengthened the communication with other countries, to create the environment of revival.Although the relationship between Russia and Belarus still has much challenge and the future of their relation isn't bright in the new bakground, their integration will go furthur.This paper is trying to analyze the current situation of the relation between Russia and Belarus, study the new problems and change of this relation as well as the characteristics and rules of the relation and predict its future during the period of"Map Combination"and the new international background.
Keywords/Search Tags:Russia, Belarus, "Map Combination", Relation between Russia and Belarus
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