Russian foreign policy toward missile defense : actors, motivations, and influence

Russian foreign policy toward missile defense : actors, motivations, and influence / Bilyana Lilly.

This book offers in-depth analysis of the reasons behind Russia's policy toward the construction of a U.S ballistic missile defense system in Europe. It examines Russia's policymaking dynamics and argues that, contrary to Moscow's official claims, Russia's objections are based on...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lilly, Bilyana (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2014]
Subjects:
Ballistic missile defenses > Government policy > Russia (Federation)
National security > Russia (Federation)
Ballistic missile defenses > United States.
Ballistic missile defenses > Europe.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
Ballistic missile defenses
National security
Europe
Russia (Federation)
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : from measured opposition to assertive confrontation
  • An alternative explanation : actors, motivations and influence in the corridors of the Kremlin and beyond
  • Setting the record straight : why Russia's security-related fears are exaggerated
  • Russian BMD policy, 2000-2003 : prestige and cooperation
  • Russian BMD policy and the third NMD site, 2004-2008 : perceptions of encirclement
  • Russian BMD policy and EPAA, 2009-2014 : the significance of Russia's domestic forces.

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