The purpose of this book is to publicize the study of Russia in Brazil. The three articles and essays that make up this work were written between 2007 and 2014 and address different aspects of the foreign policy of the former Soviet Union and its successor, the Russian Federation.
The first article, Soviet foreign policy towards Latin America in the Cold War: a rival to the United States hegemony in the region?, presented in 2007, investigates whether the foreign policy of the Soviet Union to Latin America during the Cold War represented a threat to the historical dominance of the United States in the region.
The following text, The new Russian military doctrine: more of the same?, published in 2010, analyzes the Russian military doctrine in 2010 in the context of growing tensions with NATO in the post-Soviet space.
The essay Beyond orientalism: taking the Western lenses off to see Russia, published in 2014, closes the book by encouraging the building of a genuine Brazilian perspective on Russia, free of mediations by countries from the global North.
The first article, Soviet foreign policy towards Latin America in the Cold War: a rival to the United States hegemony in the region?, presented in 2007, investigates whether the foreign policy of the Soviet Union to Latin America during the Cold War represented a threat to the historical dominance of the United States in the region.
The following text, The new Russian military doctrine: more of the same?, published in 2010, analyzes the Russian military doctrine in 2010 in the context of growing tensions with NATO in the post-Soviet space.
The essay Beyond orientalism: taking the Western lenses off to see Russia, published in 2014, closes the book by encouraging the building of a genuine Brazilian perspective on Russia, free of mediations by countries from the global North.
