By H. Belopolsky
An exam of why Russia selected to jeopardize its embryonic partnership with the West in favour of alignment with states like China, Iran and Iraq.
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Extra info for Russia and the Challengers: Russian Alignment with China, Iran and Iraq in the Unipolar Era (St Antony's)
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For the most part, state actors sought to deepen partnership with China both politically and economically. This differed from both the Iranian and the Iraqi cases, in which economic actors spearheaded engagement. At the political level, the state sought to institutionalise cooperation through agreements with China at the highest levels. However, the state was also instrumental in facilitating the entry of various Russian economic actors into China. There were repeated attempts by the state to bring economic relations to the same levels as political ties.
Yeltsin and the Foreign Ministry were keen to do away with disputes with China in order to prevent the emergence of an aggressive Chinese neighbour. 158 However, Yeltsin and his administration were under increasing pressure from Russian industrial lobbies to create favourable conditions for economic collaboration with China. The Russian defence, atomic energy, and oil and gas industries were all keen to reap economic rewards in China. The government, including the President and the Foreign Ministry, sought to facilitate Russia’s advantageous economic position in China.
There The Russian Institutional Context 37 was little consensus within the government itself on the manner in which to conduct relations with Iran until the inception of Yevgeni Primakov’s tenure in the Foreign Ministry. The trend towards engagement preceded Primakov’s appointment. Russian policy towards Iran often appeared inconsistent and incongruous with various ministries pursuing fundamentally incompatible policies. On the one hand, Russian ministries such as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations facilitated increased trade and cooperation.