David Kerr
Dilemmas of the 'Middle Continent': Russian Strategy for Eastern Eurasia
Kerr, David
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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 |
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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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