Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Gabriel Gorodetsky unravels President Putin's efforts to re-establish Russia's position as a major power, attempting to reconcile Russia's traditional national interests with the newly emerging social and political entity taking shape at home.
Table of Contents
The new Russia and the new world order / L. N. Klepatskii -- The securitization of Russian foreign policy under Putin / Bobo Lo -- The transformation of Russia's military doctrine in the aftermath of Kosovo and Chechnya / Alexei Arbatov -- After the empire: Russia's emerging international identity / Dmitri Trenin -- Putin's foreign policy after 11 September: radical or revolutionary? / Alex Pravda -- Russia and the dual expansion of Europe / Margot Light, John Lèowenhardt, and Stephen White -- Russia's place in European defence / Alyson J. K. Bailes -- Russian strategic uncertainty in an era of US tactical intrusiveness / Alvin Z. Rubinstein -- Opportunities and challenges for Russia in the Nordic-Baltic region / Pavel K. Baev -- Northern Europe: a new web of relations / Ingmar Oldberg -- Russian policy in the CIS under Putin / S. Neil MacFarlane -- The security dimension of Russia's policy in South central Asia / Lena Jonson -- The role of Islam in Russia's relations with central Asia / Yaacov Ro'i -- Russia in the middle East: the Yeltsin era and beyond / Oded Eran -- Russia between Europe and Asia: some aspects of Russia's Asian policy / Mikhail G. Nosov -- Putin's foreign policy: transforming 'the East' / Richard Sakwa.