title: The concept of multi-vector politics in the system of foreign policy practices of the average country (on the example of Belarus)
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metadata.value: Mezhevich, Nikolai M.
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metadata.value: Shimov, Vsevolod V.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2023-02-08T12:43:39Z
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metadata.value: 2023-02-08T12:43:39Z
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metadata.value: 2022-12
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metadata.value: Mezhevich N. M., Shimov V. V. The concept of multi-vector politics in the system of foreign policy practices of the average country (on the example of Belarus). Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. International Relations, 2022, vol. 15, issue 4, pp. 436–450. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu06.2022.406 (In Russian)
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu06.2022.406
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/39069
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metadata.value: The article discusses the concept of the average state and its problematic for modern political
  science. Based on the analysis of the concepts of the average state that have developed to
  date, the authors come to the conclusion about the vagueness and uncertainty of the criteria
  of the average state. It is concluded that the average state is not so much a set of features that
  characterize a particular country, as the political role that a particular state is ready to play
  in the international arena. At the same time, countries as different in scale as India and the
  Scandinavian states can claim the role of an average state. A distinctive feature of the average
  state is a propensity for multi-vector politics, geopolitical balancing and multilateral alliances.
  Using the example of Belarus, the authors show how this post-Soviet republic is trying to realize
  the role of an average state in the international arena. Unlike its neighbors, the Baltic states
  and Ukraine, which chose the model of small client states of the West, Belarus followed the
  path of a medium–sized state balancing between Russia, the EU, China and the states of the
  “far arc”, while maintaining a close alliance with Russia as a priority direction of foreign policy.
  The article highlights the difficulties faced by the Union State of Russia and Belarus due to the
  unequal vision of its participants of their roles. In conclusion, it is concluded that the former
  model of the Belarusian multi-vector politics in the new geopolitical conditions is exhausted,
  and the Union State can gain a new meaning as one of the geopolitical centers in the emerging
  world of “colliding civilizations”. At the same time, the role of Belarus as an average state — an
  equal partner of Russia can be preserved.
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metadata.value: ru
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. International Relations;Volume 15; Issue 4
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: average state
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Belarus
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metadata.value: multi-vector politics
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Union State of Russia and Belarus
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metadata.value: The concept of multi-vector politics in the system of foreign policy practices of the average country (on the example of Belarus)
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