Russian Foreign Policy as Seen by the Expert Community

Melville A.Yu.,

Dr. Sci. (Phil.), Professor, Distinguished Scholar of Russia, Academic Supervisor and Dean, Faculty of Social Science, HSE University, amelville@hse.ru

elibrary_id: 251142 | ORCID: 0000-0002-1414-5783 | RESEARCHER_ID: B-1152-2014

Professor, Head of the Center for Advanced Methodologies of Social and Humanitarian Research, Institute of Scientific Information for Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Professor, HSE University; Professor, MGIMO University, mikhaililyin48@gmail.com

elibrary_id: 1332 |

Makarenko B.I.,

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

elibrary_id: 251052 | ORCID: 0000-0002-0136-8785 | RESEARCHER_ID: L-3134-2015

Meleshkina Ye.Yu.,

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

Mironyuk M.G.,

Cand. Sci. (Polit. Sci.), Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, HSE University,, mmironyuk@hse.ru

elibrary_id: 251177 | ORCID: 0000-0002-8183-3084 | RESEARCHER_ID: K-9102-2015

Sergeev V.M.,

Dr. Sci. (Hist.), Professor, Principal Researcher, Institute for International Studies, MIGMO University, victor04076831@mail.ru

elibrary_id: 1447 |

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

elibrary_id: 236879 | ORCID: 0000-0003-1676-2221 |

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.