This book examines how religion interacts with Russian foreign
policy, arguing that religion is an important and neglected factor
in shaping Russia s outlook towards international relations. It
surveys the importance of religion in Russian social life - past
and present - and considers the range of attitudes which are
affected by religion such as Russian nationalism, notions of Slavic
solidarity, the divine mission of Russian Orthodox civilisation,
Russian imperialism, and Russia s special approach towards Islam.
The book discusses how religious organizations, especially the
Russian Orthodox Church, operate in international relations,
pursuing, through religious diplomacy their own interests and those
of the Russian state; explores how religious ideas and culture
linked to religion impinge on Russian attitudes and identity, and
thereby affect policy; and demonstrates how policy influenced by
religion impacts on Russian foreign policy in practice in a wide
range of examples, including Russia s relations with other orthodox
countries, non-orthodox Western countries, Muslim countries, Israel
and the Vatican."
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