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This course focuses on Russian foreign policy and Russia’s relations with the West since the Cold War. Immediately following the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia seemed to be heading toward integration into Western economic and political institutions. Today, that initial opening has closed, and Russia’s relations with the West are at their lowest point since 1991. The course traces how we got here by examining the evolution of Russia’s foreign policy from Gorbachev to Putin, with a heavy focus on Russian military and non-military interventions, including active measures, in the Putin era. We will also spend time on the domestic drivers of Russian foreign policy and US policy approaches to Russia since 1991. <a href="http://bit.ly/1bebp5s" target="_blank">Click here to see evaluations, syllabi, and faculty bios</a>