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topic of my paper is discussion of the effect Russia’s reemergence as a great
power has on the sovereignty of former soviet states, specifically Belorussia, Kazakhstan,
and Ukraine. Is Russia’s reemergence as a global power a sign of her aim to once
again dominate her weaker neighbor’s, or her aim to defend her legitimate
interests? Is domination a necessary condition needed to defend one’s own
interests? I argue that it is necessary for a country to dominate the economic,
political, diplomatic and military processes along its border to protect its
interests.
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argue that in a time of globalization Russia has only two choices. Russia can
dominate, thereby securing order in an arena that is crucial to its national
security, or abandon the post-soviet states and allow the security-threats and
instability in the region to continue. Russia has already done both. In my argument I would also like to discuss
the Georgia-Ossetia conflict and its effect on the sovereignty of countries
bordering Russia. Russia has dominated
the economy, politics and military force in the countries near its border after
world war two. Russia has also abandoned the post-soviet states that relied on Russia’s
support following the Cold War. My belief is that Russia must now decide what
approach to use in the future.
(2) http://sojcc.ru/soglashenia/95.htm (in Russian; accessed on 10/30/2013)
(3) Gustaaf Geeraerts, Eva Gross, Perspectives
for a European Security Strategy towards Asia. Academic & Scientific
Publishers, 2011. http://books.google.com/books?id=DNXfViPsmmoC&lpg=PA170&ots=NqfMdrGTBp&dq=russia's%20re%20emergence%20as%20a%20great%20power&pg=PA171#v=onepage&q=russia's%20re%20emergence%20as%20a%20great%20power&f=false
(4) Andrew E Kramer, “Chocolate Factory Trade War Victim” http://www.nytimes.com, Published: October
29, 2013.
(5) Jakob Hedenskog (Editor),Vilhelm Konnander
(Editor),Bertil Nygren (Editor),Ingmar Oldberg (Editor) Christer Pursiainen
(Editor), “Russia as a Great Power: Dimensions of Security Under Putin” Taylor
& Francis, Publication date: 6/28/2005
Interesting topic but it is also confusing. Are you focusing on only the aspects of economics, politics and military surrounding Russia i.e. only its bordering countries. I think you need to expand more to include countries outside this region if you want to focus on their reemergence because their neighbors comparative advantage is nothing near to their own. Their reemergence need to focus on countries with a comparative level of ability to their own because I believe their neighbors ability cannot gauge how powerful Russia has become.
ReplyDeleteKiril, you have a great topic but I think you are focusing on too many arguments at the same time. I think the strongest argument you mention is about Russian's need for domination of its internal institutions in order t o have control of the country's economy, politics, diplomatic and military aspects. When you mention the conflict there exists with between Georgia and Ossetia, I see this as a separate argument. perhaps you want to focus on Russia's need for domination in order to protect its borders and how this will affect the sovereignty of Russia's former states.
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