since the collapse of the soviet :union:, until the rise of putin in the russia, the west asia and north africa have no place in foreign policy of this country. this was because of the west-centric approach in the foreign policy. with putin, russia renewed interest in this region. the purpose of this study is to examine the foreign policy of russia in this period. the state make its efforts to ...

the effect of historical and identity factors between russia and european :union: appeared as threats for the :union:. america's hegemonic position in the world, the two recent actions of the russian government including strategy and doctrine of anti-western and theefforts to become a regional hegemon, and dealing with the strategies of the north atlantic treaty organization lead to increa...