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This handbook offers a comprehensive collection of essays on all aspects of Russian security and foreign policy by international scholars from across the world. The volume identifies key contemporary topics of research and debate and takes into account the changes that have occurred in the study of Russian security strategy since the end of the Cold War. The handbook is organised into five sections: The theory and nature of Russian security policy; The domestic and foreign policy nexus; Instruments used by Russia in pursuing its security; Global and regional aspects of Russian security and foreign policy; Case studies of Russian involvement in a series of security conflicts. The book concludes with case studies of the major examples of Russian involvement and operations in a series of security conflicts, including that in Georgia, the intervention in Ukraine and occupation of Crimea, and the ongoing Civil War in Syria.

The Russian Challenge to the European Security Environment -- Preface -- Note -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction: The Russian Challenge to the Security Environment in Europe -- Notes -- References -- Part I The Russian Challenge to the Security Environment in Europe -- 2 Growing Confrontation Between Russia and the West: Russia's Challenge to the Post-Cold War Order -- Introduction -- US-Russian Relations and Foreign Policy Issues -- American Leadership -- Russia and the European Union -- Russian Incursions into Georgia and Ukraine -- The Failure of the Sanctions -- Turning East -- The Russian Economy -- Putin's Domestic Politics and Russian National Identity -- The Russian Revival and the Western Response -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 3 Preserving Peace Among the Great Powers: Russia's Foreign Policy and Normative Challenges to the International Order -- Introduction -- The Nature and Sources of 'Hierarchy' as an International Structure -- Contending Hierarchies and the Prospects of 'Order' on the Post-Soviet Space -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 4 EU-Russia Security Relations: Another Kind of Europe -- Introduction -- We Will Build a New World, Our World! -- Heartland Theory that Influenced the West -- The Role of Individual Leaders in East-West Confrontation -- Russia's Foreign Policy in the Post-Soviet Space in the 1990s -- The EU's Foreign Policies -- Les Six -- Armenia -- Azerbaijan -- Georgia -- Belarus -- Moldova -- Ukraine -- The Future of Eurasia -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 5 A Cold Peace Between Russia and the West: Did Geo-economics Fail? -- Geo-economics in the Post-Cold War Period -- Russia's Economic Tools -- The Migration Regime - One of the Key Economic Instruments of Russia -- A Time for Muscle-Flexing: Cases of Russia's Market Rejection -- 'Milk War' with Belarus

"This volume pulls together a group of experts from both Russia and the West to examine the factors that have led - some would say inexorably - to the current confrontation between Putin's Russia and the West. And even if we prefer not to call it a 'new' cold war we can all agree that the positive relationship that many looked forward to after 1991 has soured badly. Whether or not the new US president can 'reset' the relationship remains to be seen. But perhaps one place he might think of looking first to get him up to speed on modern Russia and its troubled relationship with the West might be Roger Kanet's terrific collection." Michael Cox, Founding Director of LSE IDEAS, UK "In this excellent book, noted specialists from Russia, Europe and the United States trace the evolution of post-Cold War tensions between Russia and the West, and detail how the Ukrainian crisis thrust these conflicting interests into sharp relief. Through a series of miscalculations--and misunderstandings--Russia and NATO now appear closer to military conflict than at any time in the past three decades. The authors of this timely collection provide a judicious and sober assessment of what many have called the new Cold War. Highly recommended." Charles E. Ziegler, University of Louisville, USA Roger Kanet, a respected expert on the Soviet Union and post-Soviet Russia, has assembled a stellar team of scholars, from Russia and the West, to examine Russia's policy toward Europe. The individual chapters offer well-researched, provocative, and contrasting assessments, using theoretical frameworks ranging from realism to constructivism. Russia's annexation of Crimea and support for the rebellion in Ukraine's east have ignited a heated debate over the factors shaping Russian policy in Europe. That makes this superb volume particularly timely. Rajan Menon, City University of New York, USA Roger E. Kanet is Professor of Political Science at the University of Miami. He has also taught at the University of Kansas and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

This book focuses on questions of identity that have confronted the countries of Central and Eastern Europe after the collapse of the communist system that had provided them with an identity for several decades of the twentieth century (and in the case of much of the Soviet Union, three decades before that). The essays in this volume attempt to elucidate and understand the issues of ethnic and national identity and their relationship to the emerging statehood in various regions of the post-communist world

Given the resurgence of Russian economic capabilities and of Russia's role as a regional, even global, political actor, much of the literature written more than 4-5 years ago is already dated. The editor and contributors to this timely volume draw upon a broad range of analysts who deal with various aspects of Russian relations with its neighbours to the West and to the East. Implications for Russian foreign and security policy are key to understanding Russia's position in the 21st Century.

The purpose of the present examination is 1) to summarize briefly the evolution of historical Russia as the amalgam of multiple ethnic and cultural communities into a growing imperial domain; 2) to outline more specifically the policies pursued by the tsarist and communist regimes to integrate minority communities into the Russian majority; 3) to examine the impact on Russia of the collapse of the former USSR; and 4) to trace current efforts by the Russian government to reintegrate the disparate parts of the former USSR, including especially regions of other post-Soviet states with a significant ethnic Russian population, into a new "Greater Russia." Although it will touch on Soviet integration policies that targeted national minorities who, by 1989, represented half of the population, the focus will be on recent and current policies intended to "Greater Russia."