By H. Belopolsky

An exam of why Russia selected to jeopardize its embryonic partnership with the West in favour of alignment with states like China, Iran and Iraq.

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Yeltsin and official representatives took over the strategic course of Russian–Iraqi relations precisely when tensions between Iraq and the United States were at their greatest. Political actions served the primary function of protecting state and commercial economic stakes in Iraq and secondarily responded to Russian geopolitical objectives. What is noteworthy in the Iraqi case is the fact that domestic groups within Russia from disparate ministries, businesses, and political groups often held coinciding or coordinated stances.

This case is also significant in demonstrating the manner in which the state took over policy-making in times of crisis. Yeltsin and official representatives took over the strategic course of Russian–Iraqi relations precisely when tensions between Iraq and the United States were at their greatest. Political actions served the primary function of protecting state and commercial economic stakes in Iraq and secondarily responded to Russian geopolitical objectives. What is noteworthy in the Iraqi case is the fact that domestic groups within Russia from disparate ministries, businesses, and political groups often held coinciding or coordinated stances.

112 Increasingly, Russia was faced with the realisation that its great power status was under threat. 113 Challenges to Russia’s great power status can be separated into two categories: broad challenges to Russian influence and becoming America’s junior partner. In the early post-Soviet period, Russia believed that the United States would support its unassailable position as a great power. American foreign policy statements and policies encouraged the notion that Russia remained a geopolitically important actor.

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