Russia's responses to globalization under Vladimir Putin : energy and foreign policy

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This thesis seeks to analyze Russia’s responses to globalization under Vladimir Putin in the fields of energy and foreign policy. This thesis argues that Russia under Vladimir Putin has redefined its process of globalization through a nationalistic perspective as its policies in the field of energy and foreign policy demonstrate. The thesis has seven chapters including introduction and conclusion chapters. The concept of globalization is explored in Chapter 2. Chapter 3 examines Russia’s globalization under Boris Yeltsin and his energy and foreign policies. In Chapter 4, responses of Russian communist, nationalist and liberal intellectuals, to the globalization of Russia under Boris Yeltsin are evaluated. Chapter 5 explores the energy policy of Vladimir Putin while Chapter 6 discusses foreign policy of Russia under Vladimir Putin.

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/16830

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S. Çakır, “Russia’s responses to globalization under Vladimir Putin : energy and foreign policy,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2007.