Author: Sergei Medvedev
Date: August 2004
This paper examines the historical and political roots behind the transformation in Russian foreign policy in the wake of the terrorist acts of 9/11. Although the war in Iraq tempered Russia’s initial, unequivocal support for the US, current Russian foreign policy is vastly different from her policy in the previous decade. Using the opportunity and rhetoric of the war on terrorism, Russia has made a normative choice in favor of Westernization and a strategic partnership with the United States and Europe.
