William Churchill s Quote On Russia Putin - 1208 Words

To modify Winston Churchill’s quote on Russia Putin â€Å"†¦is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.† We can unwrap this mystery by analyzing Putin’s foreign policy through the eyes Morgenthau which will be the basis of this paper. By understanding the mystery we can say that Putin is following a Realist perspective and not the liberalist perspective especially with the Crimean Conflict. Before we begin in analyzing Putin’s Russia we must outline a few of the essential factors of the realist stance in international relations that can be traced back to Machiavelli’s The Prince. First, we ought to see at the existing position in the world that includes negative features. Second, it aims to have an unfavorable aspect of human nature as†¦show more content†¦Liberals â€Å"propose establishing new principles in international relations and based on them a new structure in international relations.† This theory supports that state choices instead of state power that are the dominant cause of state conduct. As realism theorists claim in the case of Russia and Crimea that foreign policy is lead by national concerns. Liberalists claim it’s by commercial concerns and in this case it’s not so. For example, Putin had provided Ukraine with â€Å"15 billion worth of government bond and lowering the price of gas† (Isachenkov and Dani lova, 2014). In the end, Putin did not presented the money but provided the pro Russian political regime. As Realism theoriests claim that the Crimean crisis emphasized that the international system is lawless and there isn’t an authority that would make decisions and implement them as liberal theorist assert. Russia disregards the claims of international organizations therefore it disregards international structure. The foreign policies of Russia also compliments in many ways its domestic policies, both in the apparent want for dominance and security in the focal point on sovereignty. These aims lead to an importance on bringing back Russia’s international status and removing positions of power that Western states have had in Russia