RUSSIA¿S FOREIGN POLICY ON EASTERN EUROPE: CHALLENGE OR OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BRICS?

Abstract

THIS FINAL DEGREE PROJECT INTENDS TO RESEARCH THE FOREIGN POLICY OF THE RUSSIAN STATE TOWARDS EASTERN EUROPE, ITS EFFECTS ON THOSE COUNTRIES, AND HOW RUSSIAN POLICIES CHANGED THE DYNAMICS BETWEEN THE REST OF EUROPE AND RUSSIA. FINALLY, ANALYSE THE IMPACT OF THOSE POLICIES AND REACTIONS ON THE UNITY AND COHESION OF THE BRICS, HOW EACH MEMBER COUNTRY IS SUPPORTING OR NOT RUSSIAN ACTIONS AND HOW THE BRICS WILL EVOLVE OR DISSOLVE BECAUSE OF THE INTERNAL TENSIONS.