Year One of the Biden Administration

U.S. Foreign Policy Towards Russia

Bibliographic Data

ID7314018
AuthorsLev M Sokolshchik (0000-0002-0945-1022, National Research University Higher School of Economics, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume15
Issue1
Pages70-80
Publication date2023-04-20
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Eurasian Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1879-3665 • E-ISSN: 1879-3673
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/18793665231170639
OpenAlexW4366690724
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited18

The article provides an analysis of Russia’s role and place in President Biden’s U.S. foreign policy aims. Particularly, this paper explores clashing world order visions, issues pertaining to national sovereignty, post-Soviet space development, sanction policies, climate change issues, and global security. The following research reveals that the rivalry between the United States and Russia influences the system of international relations, because both parties promote substantially different concepts of the future world order. The Biden administration was unwilling to make the necessary concessions to accommodate Russia because 1) there is a huge gulf between the two country’s world views that even makes negotiations between the two almost impossible, and 2) because it does not take Russia seriously and views it as a declining power. As a result, the two sides were unable to come to some kind of negotiated agreement that would have addressed Russia’s concerns including the Ukraine issue. Instead, deterring Russia has become a priority for U.S. foreign policy in critical areas such as national sovereignty, the democratic development of post-Soviet countries, Russian-related human rights issues, and U.S. sanction policies against Russia. Comparing Trump’s presidency to the Biden administration’s first year in office, Biden has championed a more pragmatic narrative towards Russia. Most evidently, this is manifested in problems concerning universal global challenges such as strategic stability, cyber-security, and even aspects of climate change. Nevertheless, the possibility of concluding any serious negotiations between the parties on new world order parameters seems less realistic today than ever before

Administration (probate law · Democracy · Economics · Foreign policy · Geopolitics · International relations · National security · Negotiation · Order (exchange · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Presidency · Rivalry · Sociology · Sovereignty · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Nuclear Issues and Defense · Space exploration and regulation

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