Ankara : Institute of Economics and Social Sciences of Bilkent Univ., 1995.Thesis (Master's) -- Bilkent University, 1995.Includes bibliographical references leaves 148-152.In this analysis, it has been attempted to reflect some light into the
enigmatic future of the new Russian foreign policy towards Central Asia. To
this end, elucidating and discussing the changes in the nature of Russian
foreign policy reflected in two phases of time towards Central Asia in terms of
economic, ethnic, political, strategic, ideological and military motives has
become imperative.
A review of groups in the foreign policy making processes are given, and
the two dominant schools of foreign policy making: the Atlanticist and
Eurasianist schools are examined. The implications of the presence of 1 O
million ethnic Russians living in the Central Asian states, an interdependent
economic system , the peacekeeping and defense agreements , and the role of
Islam in the shaping of politics in Russia towards Central Asia are analyzed
with two case analyses. In order to be able to have a full picture of the future
balances in Central Asia, Turkish and Iranian roles are also heeded and placed
into the Central Asian picture.
The final analysis is devoted to clarification of the Russian position in
Central Asia, with the aim of injecting some predictability to the unknown future
of a recently growing region in world politics.Peker, M GündenM.S
