Working Under the Radar: The Stealth Alternative in Russia's Foreign Policy

... constitutes its fundamental difference from the era of bipolarity, when the Soviet Union and the United States were irreconcilable ideological enemies. Both sides offered universal ideological doctrines to the world. Ideology served as an important source of foreign policy legitimacy and formed the basis for consolidating allies and spreading influence. Igor Ivanov: In Search of a Common Home Today, the situation has changed. The West continues to rely on the liberal political theory. The ideological component ...