Search for dissertations about: "Johan Matz"

Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the words Johan Matz.

2. 1. Constructing a Post-Soviet International Political Reality : Russian Foreign Policy Towards the Newly Independent States 1990-95

   Author : Johan Matz; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political science; Russia; Russian foreign policy; foreign policy analysis; bureaucratic politics; social constructivism; newly independent states; political language; securitisation; Statsvetenskap; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Statskunskap; Political Science;

   Abstract : The liberal ideas of New Political Thinking, introduced as the governing paradigm of Soviet foreign policy by Mikhail Gorbachev in the late 1980's, were to a substantial extent "adopted" and applied by the new leadership of post-Soviet Russia, not only in its dealings with the Western world, but also when formulating a foreign policy towards the 14 Newly Independent States. However, by mid-1992, a mere six months after the Soviet collapse, there were clear indications that a dramatic change in Russian foreign policy towards its next-door neighbours had come about. READ MORE