Nogee and Donaldson's new text on contemporary Russian foreign policy is a valuable resource for specialists and the book of choice for college and university courses. The authors identify continuities in Russia's international behavior, despite regime changes, and the basic factors structuring these long-established patterns. They also analyze some of the external and internal forces that influence changes of policy direction, not all of which are predictable. The result is a perceptive, balanced treatment that provides readers with the context and the analytical tools needed to understand Russia's role in the world past, present, and future.