The status of neutrality in theorethical and methodological approaches of Soviet and Russian authors
The status of neutrality in theorethical and methodological approaches of Soviet and Russian authors

Summary/Abstract: The article elucidates the status of neutrality, which, as history has proven, was not always the guarantee of independence, autonomy or development of the state. For some countries, the status of neutrality has not been clearly defined and enshrined in official documents, which had created a favourable framework for interpretations both in political and academic environment. Some of these issues and others are amply elucidated, in an interdisciplinary manner, in theoretical and methodological approaches of Soviet and Russian scientists. The scientific works of Soviet and Russian researchers include a complex research on the status of neutrality in extensive appearance. Their scientific value constitutes equally an acceptable model of approach, but also it is criticized because of the authors’ subjectivity opposing the expansion of areas of major actors’ influence and affiliation to various geopolitical currents.The author considers that beyond the political choices that period remains to be addressed as one with a central role in mediating and maintaining a dialogue between the parts including regional conflicts, promoting a disarmament and peacekeeping process. The role of neutrality status depends on the conjuncture and the area of influence of neutral states. With reference to some countries of Western and Eastern Europe, the Soviet and Russian authors’ opinions are divided; the political aspect becomes the starting point in defining of this status. Accordingly, the conceptualization of the notion of neutrality in analytical and methodological approaches from USSR and Russia prints a theoretical significance, providing a broad interpretive framework.

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