“Regionalization of Russian Foreign and Security Policy” Project organized by The Russian Study Group at the Center for Security Studies and Conflict Research Andreas Wenger, Jeronim Perovic,´ Andrei Makarychev, Oleg Alexandrov WORKING PAPER NO.23 MARCH 2002 External Relations of Tatarstan: Neither Inside, Nor Outside, But Alongside Russia DESIGN : SUSANA PERROTTET RIOS As one of the most rebellious Russian republics, Tatarstan has been at the center of By Andrei S. Makarychev and Vasilii N. Valuev debates about Russian sovereignty and territorial integrity. This paper demonstrates the profound effect that Russia’s constituent parts can have on the stability of the Russian Federation as a whole and the corresponding influence that they can bring to bear on Moscow. By examining Tatarstan’s quest for independence and its bar- gaining tactics with the federal center, the authors expose the limits of President Vladimir Putin’s re-centralization policies and show that there is room for optimism concerning a new approach to sovereignty in the new Russia. Contact: Center for Security Studies and Conflict Research ETH Zentrum SEI CH-8092 Zürich Switzerland Andreas Wenger, head of project [email protected] Jeronim Perovic´ , project coordinator [email protected] Oleg Alexandrov [email protected] Andrei Makarychev [email protected]; Order of copies: Center for Security Studies and Conflict Research ETH Zentrum SEI CH-8092 Zürich Switzerland [email protected] Papers available in full-text format at: C ENTER FOR http://www.fsk.ethz.ch/ S ECURITY STUDIES AND Layout by Marco Zanoli and Karin Fink C ONFLICT RESEARCH -`\MZVIT:MTI\QWV[WN<I\IZ[\IV" 6MQ\PMZ1V[QLM6WZ7]\[QLM *]\)TWVO[QLM:][[QI *a)VLZMQ;5ISIZaKPM^IVL>I[QTQQ6>IT]M^ ?WZSQVO8IXMZ6W KWV\MV\[ 'PSFXPSE *OUSPEVDUJPO ɨF5BUBSTUBOJQPMJUJDBMSFHJNFBVUIPSJUBSJBOJTNiHPJOHHMPCBMw 3FHJNFBTTFTTNFOUiUIFXJOOFSUBLFTBMMw (MPCBMJ[BUJPOQBSBEJHNBTTFFOGSPN5BUBSTUBO $POTUSVDUJOHBOEJOUFSQSFUJOHUIFNFBOJOHTPGTPWFSFJHOUZ )JTUPSZPG5BUBSTUBOTSFMBUJPOTXJUIUIFGFEFSBMDFOUFS 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