Research Article

MIDDLE EAST POLICY OF RUSSIA UNDER PRESIDENT MEDVEDEV: STRATEGIES, INSTITUTES, FACES

Volume: 3 Number: 4 June 1, 2011
  • Oleg Kolobov
  • Oleg Kolobov
  • Alexander Kornılov
EN TR

MIDDLE EAST POLICY OF RUSSIA UNDER PRESIDENT MEDVEDEV: STRATEGIES, INSTITUTES, FACES

Abstract

This article is devoted to President Medvedev and the Russian Middle East Policy. The authors discuss strategic aspects of Russian policy in the area. They pay special attention to the Russian National Security Strategy of 2009 and Foreign Policy Concept of 2008. Analysis of main institutes of Russia contributing to Middle East policy formulation and implementation is made. The article considers the visits of President Medvedev on May 2010 to Syria and Turkey as events with far-reaching consequences and strategic perspectives. Russian policy under President Medvedev is evaluated in the frame of ambitious political aim, namely, a step-by-step Russia’s return to the Middle East.

Keywords

References

  1. KOLOBOV, Oleg A., KORNİLOV, Alexander A., OZBAY Fatih, Contemporary Turkish-Russian Relations: Problems of Cooperation and Perspectives of Development, N. Novgorod-Istanbul: NNSU Institute for Strategic Studies and the Academic Studies Center in Istanbul, 2004 (in Russian)
  2. LUZYANIN S.G, Oriental Policy of Vladimir Putin, Russia Coming Back to “Greater Orient” (2004-2008), AST: East-West, Moscow, 2007 (in Russian)
  3. WASILYEV A., Russia in the Near and Middle East: from Messianism to Pragmatism, Nauka, Moscow, 1993 (in Russian)
  4. RYZHOV I.V., Foreign Policy of the State of Israel: Basic Directions and Priorities (1948-2000), NNSU ISI, Vector TiS, N. Novgorod, 2008
  5. RYZHOV I.V., USSR and the State of Israel: Difficult History of Relations, NNSU ISI, Vector TiS, N. Novgorod, 2008
  6. PRIMAKOV Eugene, “Confidential, Middle East on the scene and behind the scenes (second half of the XX century – beginning of the XXI century)”, Rossiyskaya Gazeta, Moscow, 2006 (in Russian)
  7. Alexander Saltanov, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, http://www.mid.ru/bul_ns_en.nsf/kartaflat/en03.02.06
  8. Article by Dmitri Medvedev in Syrian Newspaper Al-Watan, May 9, 2010, President of Russia, www.kremlin.ru

Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Law in Context

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Oleg Kolobov This is me

Oleg Kolobov This is me

Alexander Kornılov This is me

Publication Date

June 1, 2011

Submission Date

November 21, 2015

Acceptance Date

-

Published in Issue

Year 2011 Volume: 3 Number: 4

APA
Kolobov, O., Kolobov O., & Kornılov A. (2011). MIDDLE EAST POLICY OF RUSSIA UNDER PRESIDENT MEDVEDEV: STRATEGIES, INSTITUTES, FACES. Bilge Strateji, 3(4), 19-34. https://izlik.org/JA77EZ84NR
AMA
1.Kolobov O, Kolobov O, Kornılov A. MIDDLE EAST POLICY OF RUSSIA UNDER PRESIDENT MEDVEDEV: STRATEGIES, INSTITUTES, FACES. Bilge Strateji. 2011;3(4):19-34. https://izlik.org/JA77EZ84NR
Chicago
Kolobov, Oleg, Kolobov Oleg, and Kornılov Alexander. 2011. “MIDDLE EAST POLICY OF RUSSIA UNDER PRESIDENT MEDVEDEV: STRATEGIES, INSTITUTES, FACES”. Bilge Strateji 3 (4): 19-34. https://izlik.org/JA77EZ84NR.
EndNote
Kolobov O, Kolobov O, Kornılov A (June 1, 2011) MIDDLE EAST POLICY OF RUSSIA UNDER PRESIDENT MEDVEDEV: STRATEGIES, INSTITUTES, FACES. Bilge Strateji 3 4 19–34.
IEEE
[1]O. Kolobov, Kolobov O., and Kornılov A., “MIDDLE EAST POLICY OF RUSSIA UNDER PRESIDENT MEDVEDEV: STRATEGIES, INSTITUTES, FACES”, Bilge Strateji, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 19–34, June 2011, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA77EZ84NR
ISNAD
Kolobov, Oleg - Kolobov Oleg - Kornılov Alexander. “MIDDLE EAST POLICY OF RUSSIA UNDER PRESIDENT MEDVEDEV: STRATEGIES, INSTITUTES, FACES”. Bilge Strateji 3/4 (June 1, 2011): 19-34. https://izlik.org/JA77EZ84NR.
JAMA
1.Kolobov O, Kolobov O, Kornılov A. MIDDLE EAST POLICY OF RUSSIA UNDER PRESIDENT MEDVEDEV: STRATEGIES, INSTITUTES, FACES. Bilge Strateji. 2011;3:19–34.
MLA
Kolobov, Oleg, et al. “MIDDLE EAST POLICY OF RUSSIA UNDER PRESIDENT MEDVEDEV: STRATEGIES, INSTITUTES, FACES”. Bilge Strateji, vol. 3, no. 4, June 2011, pp. 19-34, https://izlik.org/JA77EZ84NR.
Vancouver
1.Oleg Kolobov, Oleg Kolobov, Alexander Kornılov. MIDDLE EAST POLICY OF RUSSIA UNDER PRESIDENT MEDVEDEV: STRATEGIES, INSTITUTES, FACES. Bilge Strateji [Internet]. 2011 Jun. 1;3(4):19-34. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA77EZ84NR