IJSP is an International, Peer Reviewed/ Refereed, Indexed, Open Access, Online Journal of Arts and Social Sciences. Call for Paper: Vol 12 (02): 2025, Publication date: 31 July 2025 (Online), 15 August 2025 (Print), Last date of Submission : 15 June 2025

Re Emergence of Russian Foreign Policy Under Putin Regime

Junguru Srinivas

Affiliations:

Doctoral Scholar, Jawahar Lal Nehru University, New Delhi, INDIA

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The disintegration of Soviet Union is a watershed moment in international relations. The structure of international relations has been continuously changing then. The US became sole super power during this phase. After this incident, Russia’s role in global affairs has been regularly undermined-be it in Yugoslavia and many. However, Russia became assertive and pragmatic when Putin came into the helm of affairs of Russia. In fact, Russia started re-emerging in global affairs. It is in this context, the article explains how the world politics changed after the disintegration of Soviet Union. It expounds how Russia’s position got changed in global affairs since Putin arrival in Kremlin. Finally, the article also dealt what is the significance of Russian foreign policy in changing world politics.

Keywords:
Foreign Policy, India, Russia, Vladimir Putin

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