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Dilemmas of the 'Middle Continent': Russian Strategy for Eastern Eurasia

Kerr, David

Authors

David Kerr



Abstract

Russia did not join the West, nor did it join the East. Russia's commitment to its strategic autonomy and independent foreign and security policy requires the preservation of a 'middle continent' that bridges and transcends Europe and Asia. Russia pursues a restorationist strategy for Eurasia but faces a three-way struggle: for its own autonomy as a great power; for resistance to absorption within the US-centred system of common strategic space; and for management of the dynamics between the emergent powers through negotiation between strategic partnerships and regionalisms. These dilemmas are even more complicated in relation to Eastern Eurasia, and in particular the Sino-Russian relationship.

Citation

Kerr, D. (2009). Dilemmas of the 'Middle Continent': Russian Strategy for Eastern Eurasia. The International Spectator, 44(2), 75-94. https://doi.org/10.1080/03932720902909191

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Jun 1, 2009
Deposit Date Jul 16, 2010
Journal International Spectator
Print ISSN 0393-2729
Electronic ISSN 1751-9721
Publisher Taylor and Francis Group
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 44
Issue 2
Pages 75-94
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/03932720902909191


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