Russia and its near neighbours [electronic resource] : identity, interests and foreign policy / edited by Maria Raquel Freire, Roger E. Kanet.
This volume highlights Russia's relations with its immediate neighbours in a context where the resurgence of Russia has been made visible in its policies and actions. The central argument is that the change in Russia's positioning towards its neighbourhood, with Russia assuming an objectiv...
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Russia and its Near Neighbours; M.R. Freire & R.E. Kanet
- PART I: DETERMINANTS OF RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY
- Russia's Vital and Exclusive National Interests in the Near Abroad; R. Laenen
- Domestic Influences on Russian Foreign Policy: Status, Interests and Ressentiment; H. Smith
- Nationalist Grievance and Russian Foreign Policy? The Case of Georgia; L. March
- The August 2008 Russo-Georgian War: Which Side Went First?; J.B. Dunlop
- PART II: RUSSIA AND THE CIS
- Whose Near Abroad? Dilemmas in Russia's Declared Sphere of Privileged Interests; J. Russell
- Russia's European Security Treaty and the Kyrgyz Crisis; G. Herd
- Central Asia in Russian and US Foreign Policy: Between Continuity and 'Reset'; L. Sim̂o
- Russia's Foreign Policy towards Central Asia; D. Digol
- PART III: ENERGY IN RUSSIAN-CIS RELATIONS
- Strategic Security and Russian Resource Diplomacy; M. Sussex
- Russian Resource Politics toward the CIS Countries under Medvedev; B. Nygren
- Russia's Energy Policies in Eurasia: Empowerment or Entrapment?; M.R. Freire
- Russian Energy Policy in the South Caucasus; L. Arakelyan & R.E. Kanet
- Conclusion; M.R. Freire & R.E. Kanet.