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Détente 2.0: the meaning of Russia's "reset" with the United States / Roberts, Kari

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2014.

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This paper asks whether the recent "reset" in Russia-US relations parallels the Cold War reprieve from East to West tensions during Détente. The author considers the enthusiasm for this reset shared by Presidents Medvedev and Obama and acknowledges the benefits accrued for Russia as a result of better relations with the United States. In so doing, the paper argues that the Medvedev-Obama reset is not the result of a convergence of liberal-minded principles shared by the leadership, due in large part to the absence of a meaningful commitment on the part of Medvedev to bring about meaningful liberal reforms in Russia. In fact, the reset seems more the result of a desire by both leaders to shed past ideological disagreements in favor of a more pragmatic approach to relations, based upon mutual benefit. The paper then concludes that the current reset is not a temporary warming of relations akin to a second-generation détente because there was no "new Cold War" to abate. The paper contributes to the growing body of opinion that acknowledges a need for analysts and practitioners to search for a better lens through which to view Russia-US relations than the Cold War prism that persistently frames our analysis.

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International Politics ; Political Leadership ; Russia ; Cyber Warfare ; Cyber Technology ; Cyber War ;
Bilateral Relations ; Cyber Defence ; Russia - US Relations ; Cyber Strategy ; International Relations - IR ; United States - US ;
International Cooperation - IC ; Détente -2.0 ; Cold War

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Jets, flags, and a new cold war?: demystifying Russia's Arctic intentions / Roberts, Kari

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2010.

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NATO ; Russia ; National Interest ; Russian Foreign Policy ; Arctic ; Boris Yeltsin

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Understanding Putin: the politics of identity and geopolitics in Russian foreign policy discourse / Roberts, Kari

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Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea and the subsequent deterioration in its relations with the West have led many analysts to adopt a narrow view of Vladimir Putin’s foreign policy motivations, chalking them up to old-school geopolitics. This paper makes the case that the traditional structural explanations for Russian foreign policy that are dominant within the discipline of international relations do not adequately consider the influence of identity in Putin’s emerging foreign policy narrative. Putin’s narrative is shaped by, and shapes, a discourse about cultural and historical ties with Russian borderlands, as well as by the cultural and security vulnerabilities generated by the West’s treatment of Russia, evidenced by the expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). This discourse has underscored a more militant foreign policy turn under Putin in which he is prepared to protect and defend Russia’s interests at high cost; Russia’s actions in Crimea exemplify this. This connection between identity and foreign policy in Putin’s Russia demands attention if we hope to gain a better grasp of Russian foreign policy under his leadership.

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Geopolitics ; Russia ; Identity ; Putin ; Foreign Policy

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