| Geopolitical Rivalries in the "Common Neighborhood": Russia's Conflict with the West, Soft Power, and Neoclassical Realism Contributor(s): Huseynov, Vasif (Author), Smith, Nicholas Ross (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 3838212770 ISBN-13: 9783838212777 Publisher: Ibidem Press OUR PRICE: $45.54 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | World - Russian & Former Soviet Union |
| Series: Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 8.3" (0.70 lbs) 302 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Russia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This timely book analyzes 'soft power' in the light of neoclassical realist premises as part of the foreign policy toolkit of great powers to expand their sphere of influence. Vasif Huseynov argues that if nuclear-armed great powers compete against the same type of powers to expand or sustain their sphere of influence over a populated region, they use soft power as a major expansive instrument while military power remains a tool to defend themselves and back up their foreign policies. Presenting his model of soft power, the author explores the role of soft power projection by great powers in the formation of the external alignment of regional states. He focuses on the rivalries between Russia and the West (i.e. the EU and the USA) over the states located between the EU and Russia (the region known as the "common or shared] neighborhood") and on two of these regional states (Ukraine and Belarus) to test his hypotheses. |