RUSSIA
Published on Nov 30, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Timeline
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Untitled Slide
Gorbachev era
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Yeltsin era
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Putin
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Philosophy
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2(a)
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Conflict with Ottomans
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Part of Bismarck's grand scheme
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Russo-Japanese war 1904-
2(b)
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KENNAN
THE LONG TELEGRAM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1xJiSPgs9Y
2(c)
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Nationalist
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2(d)
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Military legacy
G8-G20
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Decision-making process
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Imperial era- autocratic, elite model
- Bureaucratic factions
- Bureaucratic politics
- Organisational process
- Groupthink
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Communist era- Party - Government model
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Communist era
Stalinist autocracy
Stalinist era decision-making in foreign policy is a classical example of the autocratic model of decision-making
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Communist era
THE POLITBURO
Communist Era
Elite model
Post-Stalin, authority was diffused. Top Soviet leaders lined-up on the Kremlin during May Day parades in order of influence. Decision-making was a collective exercise within this closed elite.
Communist era
- Bureaucratic factions
- Bureaucratic politics
- Organisational process
- Groupthink
Long-serving Foreign Minister Gromyko with Brezhnev. Soviet foreign policy decisions were often the outcome of intense political jockeying amongst various branches of the Soviet party and government bureaucracy.
Post-Soviet
A period of uncertainty
Long-serving Foreign Minister Gromyko with Brezhnev. Soviet foreign policy decisions were often the outcome of intense political jockeying amongst various branches of the Soviet party and government bureaucracy.
Post-Soviet
- Shock therapy
- Limited market reforms
- Limited democracy
Long-serving Foreign Minister Gromyko with Brezhnev. Soviet foreign policy decisions were often the outcome of intense political jockeying amongst various branches of the Soviet party and government bureaucracy.
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PUBLIC OPINION
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Does Media have a role?
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Foreign policy a diversion from Internal problems? Weakening economy, other problems
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What do the people want? Stability? A resurgent Russia? Respect? Democracy? Human rights?
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MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
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THE RUSSIAN "OLIGARCHY"
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STALIN
- Centralised power
- Relied exclusively on force
- Turned a super-power into a major power
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