Sezer, Duygu B.Chufrin, G.2019-05-102019-05-1019999780198296546http://hdl.handle.net/11693/51203Chapter 14This chapter explores the main direction, purposes and priorities of the foreign policy of the Russian Federation in South-West Asia1 as it evolved in the 1990s. Like tsarist Russia, the former Soviet Union was a powerful force in this region. A weakened Russia in the 1990s has lost its predominant position in much of South-West Asia. Primarily because it forms Russia’s turbulent ‘south’ and strong geopolitical interests are at stake, however, South-West Asia and its several subregions continue to occupy an important place in the country’s foreign and security policies.EnglishBook Chapter