The NATO-Russia partnership : a marriage of convenience or a troubled relationship? /

Four years after the NATO-Russia Council came into being, it represents a picture in ambivalence and incomplete realization of partnership. This monograph focuses on the Russian side of this growing estrangement. It finds the Russian roots of this ambivalence or alienation in the increasingly visibl...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Blank, Stephen, 1950-
Corporate Author:	Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	[Carlisle Barracks, Pa.] : Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2006.
Series:	U.S. and Russia, regional security issues and interests.
Subjects:	North Atlantic Treaty Organization > Russia (Federation) Security, International. North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Russia (Federation)
Online Access:	Notre Dame Online Access
Summary:	Four years after the NATO-Russia Council came into being, it represents a picture in ambivalence and incomplete realization of partnership. This monograph focuses on the Russian side of this growing estrangement. It finds the Russian roots of this ambivalence or alienation in the increasingly visible manifestations of an autocratic and neo-imperial Russian state and foreign and defense policy. These strong trends in Russian policy inhibit the formation of a genuine security partnership that can provide for Eurasian security in the face of multiple contemporary threats. Indeed, it is debatable whether Russia really wants a comprehensive partnership with NATO. The author examines Russia's perspectives in this relationship and this growing estrangement between the West and Russia, tracing it to trends in Russian domestic, defense, and foreign policies.