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"This book makes an original contribution to Russia-EU literature by analysing constructions and trans-formations of the Russian 'self' in relation to the European 'other'. It provides an orientation towards understanding Russian foreign policy discourse under Putin and offers a thorough analysis of the actions of key policy actors to ground the Russian discourse ideationally, historically, psychologically, and politico-sociologically. Providing a rich analysis of how Russian foreign policy towards the EU evolved from cooperation to competition and ultimately conflict, the author argues that to understand these changes and continuities we must explore concepts of sovereignty and balance of power central to the drafting of Russian foreign policy. Primarily situated in the fields of International Relations and Russian foreign policy this book will also be of interest to scholars in the fields of Foreign Policy Analysis, Post-Soviet Studies, Eurasian Studies, Historical International Relations, Critical Security Studies, Political Sociology, and Political Psychology"--

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Marxism and the Crisis of Russian Messianism -- 2 The Effects of Revolution and Civil War -- 3 Soviet Nationality Policy and the Russians -- 4 Two Russias Collide -- 5 Projecting a New Russia -- 6 The Great Fatherland War -- 7 The Sweet and Bitter Fruits of Victory -- 8 The Relaunch of Utopia -- 9 The Rediscovery of Russia -- 10 The Return of Politics -- 11 An Unanticipated Creation: The Russian Federation -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Tables -- Notes -- Index

Russia and America (1987) examines the divergence between two countries organised on diametrically opposed economic principles ⁰́₃ one centrally-planned, state-dominated, the other a highly decentralised market economy, free from significant government intervention. It highlights not the political changes brought about by the Russian revolution, but a longer more gradual process of interaction between physical and human environments. A comparative study extending over several centuries is used to account for the striking differences in their economic history.

'Fluid Russia' offers a framework for understanding Russian national identity by focusing on the impact of globalization on its formation, something which has been largely overlooked. This approach sheds light on the Russian case, revealing a dynamic Russian identity that is developing along the lines of other countries exposed to globalization. Vera Michlin-Shapir shows how along with the freedoms afforded when Russia joined the globalizing world in the 1990s came globalization's disruptions.