title: States and dirigisme versus markets
abstract: This chapter examines the peculiar evolution of Russia’s foreign economic policy with special focus on trade. It evaluates the role of domestic socioeconomic and political groups in determining foreign policy. Using hydrocarbons and agriculture as our cases, the authors make the following argument about policy and trade, in which domestic and global politics matter as much or more than markets. Firstly, the kinds of policies that emerge are in part a function of state structures and political re