title: Russia rising? The normative renaissance of multinational organizations
abstract: This chapter draws links between the dominant themes in the rhetoric of Russia's ruling elite and Russia's foreign policy activities. However, through its examination of the political elite's conceptions of Russia's role in multinational organizations, it reveals how such organizations form part of a growing normative challenge to the status quo in international relations. Through maintaining an intricate balancing act between its memberships of multiple organizations, Russia is able to play var