Russian Foreign Policy as Seen by the Expert Community

Melville A.Yu.,

Professor, Dean of Faculty of Social Sciences, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia, andreymelville@gmail.com

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Dr. of Sci. (Pol. Sci.), Professor in Ordinary of National Research University Higher School of Economics, Professor of Department of Comparative Political Science Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the MFA of Russia, Head of the Center for Advanced Methodologies of Social and Humanitarian Research Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences RAS, Moscow, Russia, ilyin@politstudies.ru

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Makarenko B.I.,

Chairman of the Board of Directors, Center of Political Technologies, professor, National Research University – Higher School of Economics, bmakarenko@yandex.ru

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Meleshkina Ye.Yu.,

Dr. Sci. (Pol. Sci.), Head of the Department of Political Science, Institute of Scientific Information for Social Sciences, Russian Academy of Scienceselibrary_id: 192463 |

Mironyuk M.G., mmironyuk@gmail.com

Sergeev V.M.,

Dr. Sci. (Hist.), Cand. Sci. (Phys.-Math.), Professor, Director of the Center for Global Problems, Institute of International Studies, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University), MFA of Russia, laris-pulena@rambler.ru

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Timofeev I.N.,

Cand. Sci. (Pol. Sci.), Associate Professor of the Department of Political Theory, MGIMOUniversity; Program Director, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), itimofeev@russiancouncil.ru

Rubric: Subdiscipline: The modelling of political processes and systems

For citation:

Melville A.Yu., Ilyin M.V., Makarenko B.I., Meleshkina Ye.Yu., Mironyuk M.G., Sergeev V.M., Timofeev I.N. Russian Foreign Policy as Seen by the Expert Community . – Polis. Political Studies. 2009. No. 4. P. 84-99. (In Russ.)

Abstract

The article reveals the Russian capabilities (“soft” as well as “hard”), the efficiency of their use and the trajectories of the national foreign policy since 2008. The data is provided by face to face in-depth interviews of the prominent Russian experts and by the standardized questionnaires filled in by the members of Russian International Studies Association. The current crisis and uncertainty in the world gives a chance to improve this disbalance by accurate and thoughtful decisions, even not bolstered by huge power and capabilities.