Russia Adjusts Its Foreign Policy Directions
Russia Adjusts Its Foreign Policy Directions

Author(s): Anna Maria Dyner
Subject(s): Politics, International relations/trade, Security and defense
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: Russia; foreign policy; security; NATO;
Summary/Abstract: On 18 November, at an expanded meeting of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that included the foreign minister, his deputies, some department directors and, among others, the rector of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), all of which are responsible for planning foreign policy, President Vladimir Putin laid out the most important goals for Russian diplomacy. He underlined the necessity of tightening security policy, including in relations with NATO, and Russia’s further involvement in “resolving regional conflicts”. Putin also announced the publication of a new foreign policy concept. These indications mean that Russia will maintain and even increase tensions in its relations with the West to try to force concessions on issues important to the country.

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