The transformation of the Nato-Russian relations from Yeltsin to Putin-Medvedev leadersip between 1991 and 2009

Date

2010

Author

Özkan, Olesya

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The thesis seeks to chart the foundation and transformation of NATO-Russia relations from Yeltsin to Putin and Medvedev. It attempts to potray the continuity and change in the Russian Foreign Policy towards NATO in the light of the main international developments such as the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Bosnian war and the Kosovo conflict; as well as the internal transformation of the Alliance marked by the extension of the traditional NATO roles and the expansion policy. The thesis tries to depict the new initiatives in the Russian Foreign policy aimed at undermining NATO and US’ roles in Europe by attempting to establish an alternative European architecture to a NATO-centric one. It is argued that while Yeltsin promoted multilateralism based on the world led by the USA and the Russian Federation on a par, Putin and Medvedev’s multilateralism was to undermine the American world hegemony and consolidate relations with Europe.

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General social sciences.

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http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12612277/index.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/19803

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Graduate School of Social Sciences, Theses