Russia’s Post-Election Foreign Policy: New Challenges, New Horizons

... situation as it develops into account. We are talking about a course that might be identified as a “smart” foreign policy. A smart policy does not mean weak, opportunistic or timeserving. Rather, it means a policy which, based on a deep understanding ... ... policy requires a high level of flexibility, ingenuity and resourcefulness in using a wide variety of foreign policy instruments. Russia’s foreign policy will be effective if it is truly multi-vectored. The country has achieved much in the eastern vector ...