{"id":1594,"date":"2025-06-18T06:33:36","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T06:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazines.ulbsibiu.ro\/studiasecuritatis\/?p=1594"},"modified":"2025-06-18T06:33:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T06:33:36","slug":"forging-a-blind-diplomacy-the-united-states-and-the-russian-constitutional-crisis-of-1993","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazines.ulbsibiu.ro\/studiasecuritatis\/forging-a-blind-diplomacy-the-united-states-and-the-russian-constitutional-crisis-of-1993\/","title":{"rendered":"FORGING A BLIND DIPLOMACY: THE UNITED STATES AND THE RUSSIAN CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS OF 1993"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u0218tefania-Teodora COCOR <\/em><\/strong>
\nUniversity of Bucharest, Romania <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Abstract:<\/strong><\/td>\nWhen he assumed the presidency in January 1993, Bill Clinton made Russia a top priority on his foreign policy agenda. Considering that a successful democratic transition in post-Soviet Russia was in the national security interest of the United States, Clinton tried to strike a strategic alliance with the Russian reform. As the leader of the reform process, Boris Yeltsin received the unconditional support of the U.S., regardless of whether the Russian President exceeded his
\nconstitutional bounds.
\nThis paper aims to analyse the American perceptions towards the Russian constitutional crisis of 1993. It seeks to find how the American officials evaluated the events that unfolded in the months leading to the 3-4 October bloodshed on the streets of Moscow and how they interpreted Yeltsin\u2019s decisions. Drawing on declassified documents from the National Security Archive and Clinton Digital Library, the article argues that the American administration, influenced by how the Russian President portrayed Moscow\u2019s political dynamic, preferred to avoid questioning the
\nlegality of Yeltsin\u2019s actions and continued to view him as the only alternative for ensuring America\u2019s strategic interests.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Keywords:<\/strong><\/td>\nStrategy; diplomacy; United States; post-Soviet Russia; Clinton administration<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Contact details of the authors:<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0E-mail:<\/strong> stefania.cocor@s.unibuc.ro <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Institutional affiliation of the authors:<\/strong><\/td>\nDoctoral School of History, University of Bucharest <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Institutions address:<\/strong><\/td>\n \u0218oseaua Panduri, nr. 90, Sector 5, 050663, Bucharest, Romania, Phone: +4021-305.97.30, E-mail: office@g.unibuc.ro<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

STUDIA SECURITATIS No. 1 2025 121-135<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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