Abstract
Ever since the breakup of the former Soviet Union in December 1991, with the independence of its former constituent states on its western border, and the Central Asian republics forming the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), the Russian Federation has been considerably weakened and this has left the United States as the sole superpower. The 1990s were a very difficult decade for Russia.1 It was a very painful transition for Russia to go from being one of the two superpowers, which had a lot of say in world affairs, and which could dictate terms to the Western bloc, to almost becoming an economic basket case due to the social and economic transformations, with practically no say on the international scene.2 Russia faced tremendous socioeconomic, political, and ideological changes during the decade after the formation of the Russian Federation; the decline caused a great shock to the Russian psyche and hurt their ego. The dissolution of the Soviet Union also brought about a sea change in the geopolitical landscape across Europe and Eurasia, consequently altering the geostrategic paradigm in the region, which had global ramifications.3
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Zaki, M.M. (2011). United States and Russian Relations. In: American Global Challenges. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230119116_9
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