Russia and the Middle East: Towards a New Foreign PolicyThe end of the Soviet Union precipitated a reassessment of Russia's foreign policy in many parts of the world, particularly the Middle East. This text looks at how a once cherished commitment to ideological goals and superpower rivalry with the United States was replaced, after 1991, with a pragmatic foreign policy based on national interest, epitomized by the appointment of Yevgeni Primakov as foreign minister. |
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Acknowledgements | 1 |
setting the parameters | 9 |
The Soviet Union and the Middle East | 16 |
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