Master
2025/2026
Russia`s Pivot to the East
Type:
Elective course (International Relations: European and Asian Studies)
Delivered by:
School of International Regional Studies
When:
2 year, 1, 2 module
Open to:
students of one campus
Instructors:
Olga Krasnyak
Language:
English
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The purpose of this course is to introduce students with one of the concepts of Russia's foreign policy namely "Pivot to Asia". In the current change in the geopolitical architecture, the concept acquires the features of the basic politico-economic, civilisational, and cultural politics of contemporary Russia. The three main approaches contemplate Russia's Pivot to Asia: (1) the development of the Siberia and Russia's Far East, (2) diversification of trade balance towards South-, South-East, and North-East Asia, and (3) the development and implementation of idea of the Greater Eurasia in Russian foreign policy.