The essays gathered here represent a panel at SSI's annual Russia conference in 2011. They focus on the analysis of Russian foreign policy both on its material side or actual conduct as well as on the cognitive bases of Russian thinking about international affairs and Russian national security. They span much of the gamut of that foreign policy and also show its strong linkages to the Russian historical tradition and to the imperatives of Russian domestic development.

"September 2012"--T.p. "September 2012." "The essays collected in this volume comprise a panel on Russian foreign policy that was presented at the Strategic Studies Institute's (SSI) annual Conference on Russia on September 26-27, 2011, held at Carlisle, PA"--P. v. Format not distributed to depository libraries.

Defying that sinking feeling: Russia seeks to uphold its role in the multistructural international system in flux / Pavel K. Baev -- The sacred monster: Russia as a foreign policy actor / Stephen J. Blank -- Ideology and soft power in contemporary Russia / Ariel Cohen.