Jahangir Karami; Rughie Keramati Nia
Volume 24, Issue 103 , December 2018, , Pages 131-160
Abstract
Although west has been a main issue for many societies and states in last centuries, for Russia it has been different and very fundamental. It is nearly about five centuries that Russia ...
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Although west has been a main issue for many societies and states in last centuries, for Russia it has been different and very fundamental. It is nearly about five centuries that Russia has been affected by evolutions of European renaissance; sometimes in an interaction, sometimes in a contrast. Russia’s geographical, cultural and religious situations, has always experienced both fragments and concomitants with west, leading to some important results in Russia’s political life and foreign behavior. Against this backdrop, Russian administrations’ visions towards west and that vision’s impact on their internal and foreign behavior, and last but not least; the reason of Russian administrations’ special reaction towards west, and considering that as a main issue, are the questions addressed in this literature. The hypothesis of this article as that the root of Russia’s behavior towards west should be understood in its neighboring and propensity. Russia neither has been able to annex to the west, nor has been able to separate from it and go on its own way.