The Foreign Policy of Russia: Changing Systems, Enduring Interests (Seventh edition)

New to the Seventh Edition

• A new concluding chapter: "Russia Openly Confronts the 'Collective West"
• Thoroughly updated coverage of Russia's bilateral relations with the United States and countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
• Expanded discussion of Moscow's efforts to control flow of information at home and abroad as it employs Russia's "soft power" assets.
• Russian-American relations, especially with respect to continuing interference in the U.S. elections and to U.S. foreign policy concerns in the Far East, Iran, and Syria.
• The full unfolding of the Ukraine crisis, culminating in Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
• Vladimir Putin's escalated claims of the superiority of Russian cultural values and more openly imperialistic ambitions.
• Expanded coverage of Russia's relations with China and India, now in a separate chapter on this "strategic triangle."
• Greater attention to the impact of climate change on Russian foreign policy, including its heightened activity in the Arctic.
• Significant new developments in the Middle East including the collapse of the nuclear deal with Iran, the expanded Russian role in the Syrian civil war, and growing complexity in Russian-Turkish relations.