Vocabularies of international relations after the crisis in Ukraine

1. 'There are more important things than where the border runs' : the other side of George Kennan's containment theory / Alexander Astrov -- 2. The crisis of spheres of influence in the EU-Russia relationship / Iain Andrew Ferguson -- 3. Borderline strategies : salibrated territorial expansionism in the game theory searchlight / Mikhail Alexseev -- 4. From 'colony' to 'failing state'? : Ukrainian sovereignty in the gaze of Russian foreign policy discourses / Aliaksei Kazharski -- 5. Reconsidering Western concepts of the Ukrainian conflict : the rise to prominence of Russia's 'soft force' policy / Stephen G.F. Hall -- 6. Rising powers in the contemporary world : sources of sustainability / Irina Busygina -- 7. Governmentality beyond the West : (post)political machineries in Ukraine and Russia / Alexandra Yatsyk -- 8. Managing national ressentiment : morality politics in Putin's Russia / Gulnaz Sharafutdinova -- 9. Stabilizing dispersed identities, or why politics defines EU-Russia disconnections / Andrey Makarychev.

There are more important things than where the border runs : the other side of George Kennan's containment theory / Alexander Astrov -- The crisis of spheres of influence in the EU-Russia relationship / Iain Andrew Ferguson -- Borderline strategies : salibrated territorial expansionism in the game theory searchlight / Mikhail Alexseev -- From "colony" to "failing state"? : Ukrainian sovereignty in the gaze of Russian foreign policy discourses / Aliaksei Kazharski -- Reconsidering Western concepts of the Ukrainian conflict : the rise to prominence of Russia's "soft power" policy / Stephen G.F. Hall -- Rising powers in the contemporary world : sources of sustainability / Irina Busygina -- Governmentality beyond the West : (post)political machineries in Ukraine and Russia / Alexandra Yatsyk -- Managing national ressentiment : morality politics in Putin's Russia / Gulnaz Sharafutdinova -- Stabilizing dispersed identities, or, Why politics defines EU-Russia disconnections / Andrey Makarychev

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of contributors -- Introduction -- 1. 'There are more important things than where the border runs': the other side of George Kennan's containment theory -- A tiny flame of hope -- Greatness and power -- Princes and masters -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 2. The crisis of spheres of influence in the EU-Russia relationship -- The concept of an international relationship -- The constitution and tension of Common Spaces -- The relative crisis of spheres of influence -- Conclusion -- Notes