Since Russia has re-emerged as a global power, its foreign policies have come under close scrutiny. In Russia and the West from Alexander to Putin, Andrei P. Tsygankov identifies honor as the key concept by which Russia's international relations are determined. He argues that Russia's interests in acquiring power, security and welfare are filtered through this cultural belief and that different conceptions of honor provide an organizing framework that produces policies of cooperation, defensiveness and assertiveness in relation to the West. Using ten case studies spanning a period from the early nineteenth century to the present day - including the Holy Alliance, the Triple Entente and the Russia-Georgia war - Tsygankov's theory suggests that when it perceives its sense of honor to be recognized, Russia cooperates with the Western nations; without such a recognition it pursues independent policies either defensively or assertively.

自从俄罗斯重新成为一个全球大国以来，其外交政策受到了密切关注。在《从亚历山大到普京的俄罗斯与西方》一书中，安德烈-P-齐甘科夫认为荣誉是决定俄罗斯国际关系的关键概念。他认为，俄罗斯在获得权力、安全和福利方面的利益是通过这种文化信仰来过滤的，不同的荣誉概念提供了一个组织框架，在与西方的关系中产生了合作、防御和自信的政策。齐甘科夫的理论使用了10个案例研究，时间跨度从19世纪初到现在--包括神圣同盟、三国协约和俄罗斯-格鲁吉亚战争--表明，当俄罗斯认为其荣誉感得到认可时，它就会与西方国家合作；如果没有这种认可，它就会奉行独立的政策，要么是防御性的，要么是强硬的。