Mid Term Review For Poli 180

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Russia wants to have good relations with any countries that are against the U.S. and have economic benefits for their country.

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Medevdevs and putins foreign policy for russia. five polices for russia's foreign policy

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1. First was the supremacy (recognition) of international law. Russia will abide by it

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continued. Medevdevs and putins foreign policy for russia. five polices for russia's foreign policy

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2. Second was that the world must be multipolar. The domination of the USA was unacceptable. “Russia cannot accept a world order, where decisions are made by one state, even big states such as America. Such a world is unstable and may lead to conflicts.

doesnt like western views dominating other countries.

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continued. Medevdevs and putins foreign policy for russia. five polices for russia's foreign policy

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3. Third, that Russia did not want confrontation with any country, but friendly relations with all countries. “Russia does not intend to isolate itself, We will be developing as friendly relations as possible with Europe and America.

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Fourth was the defense of ‘our citizens’ (not the vague ‘compatriots’) wherever they were, and of ‘our entrepreneurial community abroad’. The protection of life and dignity of Russian citizens “no matter where they live” is an absolute priority. “We will also be protecting the interests of our business community abroad. it should be absolutely clear to everyone that anyone committing an aggression will be repelled back.

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Fifthly and controversially, Russia had regions including countries where it had ‘privileged interests’. When asked whether these priority regions were Russia’s border territories, Medvedev answered that it included the border regions, but not only them. This claim to an ambiguously defined sphere of influence reflected the view, shared with Putin, that such a sphere was an attribute of Russia as a great power. Russia’s interests in friendly regions, also showing Russia’s recognition of independence south Ossetia and Abkhazia is irreversible. “From the legal viewpoint, the new states have appeared. the process of their recognition may take along time. But this will not change our position in any way, we have made our decision irreversibly. it is our duty to provide for peace and order in the region and is what we will basing are actions on.

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Putins foreign policy

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Putin saw the need to be competitive in international trade

future be organized in a strictly pragmatic way, based on our capabilities and national interests:

1. military and strategic 2. economic and political

In foreign affairs, the Putin government seeks to emulate the former Soviet Union's grandeur, belligerence and expansionism.

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Putins foreign policy

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I consider that the unipolar model is not only unacceptable but also impossible in today's world.

Russia wont allow any other countries to achieve military superiority as its important to them.

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Putin foreign policy wants to protect the interists of Russian citizens no matter where in the world they are located and is why they invaded the Ukraine (crimean invasion)

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Putin assured that Russia will not seek confrontation with the West and the East, and stressed that Russia and Ukraine — are one people. invaded because the citizens of Ukraine wanted them too invade.

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continued Russia relations with Europe

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In 2009 there was the gas dispute between Russia and Europe, After the Russia–Ukraine gas dispute of 2009 the reputation of Russia as a gas supplier had been damaged.[1] After a deal was struck between Ukraine and the EU on 23 March 2009 to upgrade Ukraine's gas pipelines. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin threatened to review Russia's relations with the EU.

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continued Russia relations with Europe

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2013 Vilnius Summit

as Russia attempted to persuade countries in its "near abroad" to join its new Eurasian Union rather than sign Association Agreements with the EU

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Russia relations with Europe

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1. year of 2014

The Russian Federation's role in the Ukraine conflict has seriously affected EU-Russia relations. Consequently, some of the activities outlined below are at a halt and sanctions have been adopted.

Russia is the EU's biggest neighbor and its third biggest trading partner. Supplies of oil and gas make up a large proportion of the country's exports to Europe.

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continued Russia relations with Europe

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Ukraine

Following the collapse of the pro-Russian regime in the Ukraine, Russia began a military intervention of Ukraine by building up its forces already in Crimea, as well as on the Ukrainian borders. This action was condemned as an invasion by EU leaders. The EU imposed some visa bans and asset freezes against some Russian officials.

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Russia's relations with Middle East (muslims)

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1. There is a rise of racism within Russia towards muslims, but when outside of russia, it gives diplomatic support and military support.

2. today in syria where you see Russia providing vigorous diplomatic defense of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in the United Nations and also supplying Syria with lots of military hardware to crush the rebellion.

they do this because of their naval base in syria. being thier only port to the mediterainian sea

Economics: Russia is one of Syria's biggest arms suppliers.

they also want to block amerincan ideology and is why their supporting the side that is against becmoing a democracy.

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continued. Russia's relations with Middle East (muslims)

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There is strong official Russian reluctance to embrace the winds of change in the Middle East proper—the Arab Spring, which Russia sees as being manipulated by particularly the US. Russia’s policies towards the Muslim world are a direct reaction to America’s attempts to reconstruct the Middle East. “The US managed to organize the chaos that followed the Arab Spring, creating a region that has no place for Russian influence.

Russia state is determined to keep its Muslim regions part of the Federation

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Russia's relations with China

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Relations have been constantly improving between Russia and China ever since the soviet union ended.

Russia's desire to diversify its export markets has been matched by China's willingness to invest in Russian energy production and infrastructure

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continued Russia's relations with China 2001 sino-russian treaty

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In 2001 there was the Sino-Russian treaty of friendship between the two, The treaty outlines the broad strokes which are to serve as a basis for peaceful.

Controversially, Article 9 of the treaty can be seen as an implicit defense pact, and other articles (A7 and A16) point at increasing military cooperation, including the sharing of "military know-how" (A16), namely, Chinese access to Russian military technology.

russia exports 400 billion in oil to china

both leaders want to take back some of thier land (similarities)

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continued Russia's relations with China

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1. Russia wants sources of employment 2. russia wants to sell its military technology 3. russia wants to sell its petroleum.

With China and Russia working together they can compete with the economics of U.S. japan and EU with Russia given access to Chinese capital and China given access to Russian training and technology.

because oil prices are falling and countries are looking to other sources of oil has left russia with no choice but to look east to china for their future economy to survive.

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Russia relations with America

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Currently relations are not good, In a speech at Munich in February 2009, Vice President Biden first hinted that the Obama administration would like to "reset" America's relationship with Russia,

In June 2010, after a year of negotiations, Obama and Medvedev signed the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), which aimed to cut the number of deployed nuclear warheads on both sides by roughly 30 percent, down to 1,550. The treaty also limited the number of nuclear-armed submarines and bombers.

Washington regarded Russia as obstructionist and a spoiler regarding Syria, Iran, Cuba and Venezuela. In turn, those nations look to Russia for protection against the United States

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Disagreements on Iran's nuclear program: Russia has long supplied Iran with various forms of nuclear assistance, much to the chagrin of the U.S. government.

Clashes over Syria's civil war: "U.S.-Russia relations increasingly have become strained as a result of a Syrian government crackdown on civil unrest that intensified in early 2011," the CRS report notes. "Russia has maintained ties with the regime of Syrian President Bashar Hafez al-Asad throughout the conflict." That includes both arms sales and the fact that Russia's only Mediterranean sea facility, the naval base at Tartus, is located in Syria.

Spies and arrests: In June 2010, the U.S. Justice Department said it had arrested 10 Russian spies living inside the United States.

Putin giving alyssum to edward snowden caused the the summit meeting to be cancelled for the first time in over fifty years

In 2014, with NATO's decision to suspend practical co-operation with Russia and all major Western countries' decision to impose a host of sanctions against Russia, in response to the Russian military intervention in Ukraine,