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Ozgur Unluhisarcikli
OUTCOME OF STRATEGIC CHOICE
Being western is a function of some factors that you have mentioned such as history, culture, language, common values, and geopolitical aspects, but it is also strategic choice. In this sense Russia could be called a ‘European but not Western’ country.