This book investigates Russian mechanisms designed to influence and attract countries in the "Common Neighborhood" and beyond. An understanding of Russian influence abroad must include the growing component of soft power, but cannot be confined to it or bound by established Western definitions of the concept.
Synthesizing the findings of a Chatham House research project, "Hard Diplomacy" reveals the ways Russia is attempting to develop informal networks, business links, state-corporate relations, cultural affinities, and linguistic ties with its neighbors and other politically important countries.
Language
English
Pages
152
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Chatham House
Release
August 29, 2013
ISBN
1862032661
ISBN 13
9781862032668
Hard Diplomacy and Soft Coercion: Russia's Influence Abroad
This book investigates Russian mechanisms designed to influence and attract countries in the "Common Neighborhood" and beyond. An understanding of Russian influence abroad must include the growing component of soft power, but cannot be confined to it or bound by established Western definitions of the concept.
Synthesizing the findings of a Chatham House research project, "Hard Diplomacy" reveals the ways Russia is attempting to develop informal networks, business links, state-corporate relations, cultural affinities, and linguistic ties with its neighbors and other politically important countries.