Center for Security Studies

Domestic Politics and Russia’s Foreign Policy

Domestic Politics and Russia’s Foreign Policy

Author(s): Marcin Kaczmarski
Editor(s): Stephen Aris, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder, Aglaya Snetkov
Series: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Issue: 154
Pages: 6-8
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen; Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, George Washington University
Publication Year: 2014

Domestic power relations-shifting coalitions, changes in Putin’s entourage, and struggles for political influence and economic assets-are a form of pluralism in Russian domestic politics. Examining the case of Russia’s energy policy in Asia, this article argues that domestic power relations influence Russia’s international behavior, particularly the implementation of its foreign policy.

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