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About the Author
Magda Leichtova is Senior Research Fellow and Lecturer at the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, Czech Republic. Her research focuses on the Russian transformation, Russian foreign policy and International Relations theories. She was the Project Leader for the ESF grant on modernizing teaching methods and the Principal Investigator in several research projects. She has been Deputy Head of Department since 2011.
Reviews
'Current academic thought on the foreign policy of Russia, as well as the common understanding of the Kremlin's behaviour in international relations, is still dominated by realist or neo-realist IR scholars. This book importantly contributes to the perception of "the Russian phenomena" as it ambitiously adds new dimensions to the understanding of modern Russian foreign policy - a policy which cannot be reduced to the saying "Gde neft i gaz, tam pravda i vlast" (Where oil and gas - there is justice and power) anymore.' Rok ZupanAE iAE , University of Ljubljana, Slovenia 'This book is a refreshing approach to Russia since 1989, posing at the outset that in large, weak economies hard power policies may in fact reflect a basic weakness of political economy. Most foreign policy analysis rejects the impact of pressures stemming from changes or problems in the domestic environment, seeing foreign policy rather as an outcome of international games and strategies, where the first are chaotic, the latter at best prompt. In contrast Magda Leichtova emphasises domestic social constructions as much more than providing nuances to existing trajectories - domestic issues might be more formative than the international environment under certain circumstances, including those faced by Russia in recent decades. In this compelling account, Leichtova argues that the classical models of policy do not adequately address the ramifications of the differing configurations between domestic and international forces that resulted from late development.' Ian Inkster, SOAS, UK
Book Information
ISBN 9781138248847
Author Magda Leichtova
Format Paperback
Page Count 184
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 226g