Russian Studies of International Relations: From the Soviet Past to the Post-Cold-War Present (Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society, Band 187)

Recently a renewed international interest in Russia as a world political actor has emerged. Against this background it is useful to better understand how international relations and foreign affairs are studied in Russia and how future Russian political actors diplomatic personnel ministerial bureaucrats business managers area experts and other officials activists or researchers are taught for their work on the international arena. What are the theories approaches and schools that guide Russian teaching on and research of international relations? The current state of Russian studie s of International Relations (IR) to a large degree reflects the history and development of IR research during Soviet times. However over the past 25 years one could also observe a number of new developments-both substantive and institutional-which are important not only for properly assessing the new state of this academic discipline in Russia but also for better comprehending Russian foreign policy as well as various international activities of Russia's regions businesses media etc.