Maja Ružić
THE PLACE OF RUSSIA IN THE EUROPEAN SECURITY STRUCTURES: ‘THE WEST’ AS A FACTOR THAT INFLUENCES THE FORMULATION AND CONDUCT OF RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY
Drawing on the recent actions taken by the Russian Federation in regards with the developments in Ukraine, this paper aims to provide some insight into what has become the troubling question since the beginning of XXI century: Is Russia a Reemerging Power? The question is to be addressed trough the analysis of influences that the European structures of security governance, meaning NATO and EU had on formulation and conduct of Russian foreign policy. The paper focuses on the effects that conceptualization of European security community as the club of pro-Western, post-Westphalia, modern states had on its foreign policy behavior. Considering that from the Euro-Atlantic point of view Russia was not perceived as a responsible security actor, the community adopted specific approach meaning cooperating with Russia on collective goals such as counter-terrorism, non-proliferation and arms control, but leaving it behind the integration processes. This approach, on the other hand, informed and co-constituted Russia’s place in the emerging World Order.
KONCEPT NACIONALNOG INTERESA U TEORIJI MEĐUNARODNIH ODNOSA
Koncept nacionalnog interesa vremenom je postao deo svakodnevnog političkog, ali i politikološkog rečnika. Danas teško da možemo naići na rasprave o spoljnoj politici i nacionalnoj bezbednosti u kojima koncept nacionalnog interesa ne zauzima centralno mesto. Naučna literatura koja analizira i koristi ovaj koncept je jedna od najobimnijih tematskih oblasti u međunarodnim odnosima. Stoga, interesovanje za izučavanje nacionalnog interesa još uvek ne jenjava, o čemu svedoči porast naučnih radova koji se bave ovom temom. Bez obzira na široku prihvaćenost, definicija nacionalnog interesa nije nešto oko čega u akademskoj i profesionalnoj zajednici postoji saglasnost. U ovom radu se analizira koncept nacionalnog interesa kroz razvoj teorije međunarodnih odnosa i, unutar nje, različitih istraživačkih pravaca, a u središtu su teorijski osnovi koncepta nacionalnog interesa i klasifikacija tih interesa, kao i pitanje da li se nacionalni interes treba posmatrati kao sredstvo političke analize ili sredstvo političke akcije.