Author: SIMES, D
Abstract: In the lastest Russian transitions lurks the potential for autocratic presidential rule and neo-imperialist foreign policy. Neither would serve Western interests and may not come to pass. But it would now be prudent for the United States to practice a patient, detached policy clearly based on its interests and not on the personal propensities of Boris Yeltsin. Discernment is called for. Traditional great power assertiveness should not be mistaken for a revival of the Russian imperial legacy.
Source: FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Publication Year: 1994
Volume: 73
Issue nr: 1
Pages: 67 - 82