Author profile: Andrei P. Tsygankov

Andrei P. Tsygankov is Professor of International Relations at San Francisco State University. His is the author of (among other works) Russia’s Foreign Policy (Rowman and Littlefield 2022, 6th ed.), Russian Realism: Defending ‘Derzhava’ in International Relations (Routledge 2022) and The “Russian Idea” in International Relations Civilization and National Distinctiveness (Routledge 2023). He teaches Russian/post-Soviet relations, comparative foreign policy, and IR theory. He is a graduate of Moscow State University (Candidate of Sciences, 1991) and the University of Southern California (Ph.D., 2000).

Russia and Its Four Wests

Andrei P. Tsygankov • Mar 9 2024 • Articles

Post-conflict Russia is unlikely to tilt pro-Western as the country’s main priorities include the survival and reframing of historically built national values.

National Imprint in IR Theory: The Global and the Exceptional of the ‘Russian Idea’

Andrei P. Tsygankov • Jun 1 2023 • Articles

Taking civilizational diversity seriously requires recognition that the global does not exist except as a constant interaction between various local communities.

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