Russia's Foreign Policy in Eastern Europe: The Moldovan Question

This thesis provides an empirical contribution to the existing literature regarding Russian foreign policy and its application in Russia's near abroad. The primary case study is Russian foreign policy instruments applied to the Eastern European country of Moldova. This thesis directly cites the Russian National Security Concept (RNSC) documents from 2000 and 2016 as the foundation for analysis of Russian foreign policy actions applied to both Eastern Europe and Moldova. A summation of the type of instruments used within Moldova, either "soft power" or "hard power" resources, citing specific examples of each, is included. The result of this thesis is a foundation for future research of Russian foreign policy based on Russian foreign policy documents, as it pertains to the former republics of the Soviet Union.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Political Science

Department dc:contributor.department

Political Science

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

2017

Author dc:creator

• Marian, Svetlana

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Stivachtis, Yannis A.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Avey, Paul C.
• Pula, Besnik

• Russia
• Foreign Policy
• Moldova
• Ukraine
• Georgia
• Hard Power
• Soft Power
• Near Abroad
• Russian National Security Concept

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Dc Identifier Other

vt_gsexam:13039

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/79750