Open AccessTHE EVOLUTION OF BILATERAL RELATIONS BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS THE BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA IN THE EARLY 21ST CENTURY
Author(s) -
П. А. Cіновець,
М. Р. Нерез
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
mìžnarodnì ta polìtičnì doslìdžennâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2707-5214
pISSN - 2707-5206
DOI - 10.18524/2707-5206.2021.34.237495
Subject(s) - annexation , state (computer science) , political science , persecution , rivalry , economic history , economy , political economy , law , history , politics , sociology , algorithm , computer science , economics , macroeconomics
The article is dedicated to the exploration of the Russian strategic culture and its influence on the major foreign and security policy trends of the Russian Federation. In particular, we suggest dividing Russian strategic culture into the three domains, taking roots from the historic, geographic, and religious foundations of the Moscow state. Those are, first, the Third Rome doctrine, having laid the background for the Russian imperial messianism, the immanent rivalry with the West as well as the Russian World idea and the further annexation of Crimea. Second, the “gathering lands” principle added the sacral meaning to the idea of strategic depth and the territory of Russia. As the result, the breakup of the Soviet Union and the enlargement of NATO to the East became the most painful episodes in Russian history, causing the reaction, which led to the confrontational role of Russia in the international system. And “the besieged fortress” principle serves as the element of integrating the Russian state and society as it is based on the idea that only the existence of rivals makes Russia the great state.