دور الكنيسة الأرثوذكسية في توجيه السياسة الخارجية الروسية

Abstract EN

This article aims to shed light on an important determinant of foreign policy, which is the religious determinant, which is considered one of the soft power tools that countries employ in their foreign policies, either to achieve specific interests and goals or to legitimize their policies towards other regions and countries.

Russia is one of these countries that, since the beginning of the 21st century AD, has tended to employ the religious dimension in its foreign policy by strengthening the roles of the Russian Orthodox Church represented by the Patriarchate of Moscow and the whole of Russia.

Russian Orthodoxy is in addition to its relationship with the ruling authority.

As for the third and fourth axes, they are devoted to studying the roles of the Orthodox Church in regional and global circles and issues that have a direct link to Russian interests.