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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.
List of contents
Part I A Great Power in Transition Faces Globalization; Chapter 1 The New Russia and the New World Order, L. N. Klepatskii; Chapter 2 The Securitization of Russian Foreign Policy under Putin, Bobo Lo; Chapter 3 The Transformation of Russia’s Military Doctrine in the Aftermath of Kosovo and Chechnya, Alexei Arbatov; Chapter 4 After the Empire: Russia’s Emerging International Identity, Dmitri Trenin; Chapter 5 Putin’s Foreign Policy after 11 September: Radical or Revolutionary?, Alex Pravda; Part II Russia’s Road into Europe; Chapter 6 Russia and the Dual Expansion of Europe, Margot Light, John Löwenhardt, Stephen White; Chapter 7 Russia’s Place in European Defence, Alyson J. K. Bailes; Chapter 8 Russian Strategic Uncertainty in an Era of US Tactical Intrusiveness, Alvin Z. Rubinstein; Part III A Northern Passage; Chapter 9 Opportunities and Challenges for Russia in the Nordic–Baltic Region, Pavel K. Baev; Chapter 10 Northern Europe, Ingmar Oldberg; Part IV The Southern Tier and the Middle East; Chapter 11 Russian Policy in the CIS under Putin, S. Neil Macfarlane; Chapter 12 The Security Dimension of Russia’s Policy in South Central Asia, Lena Jonson; Chapter 13 The Role of Islam in Russia’s Relations with Central Asia, Yaacov Ro’i; Chapter 14 Russia in the Middle East, Oded Iran; Part V Rethinking the Far East; Chapter 15 Russia between Europe and Asia, Mikhai G. Nosov; Chapter 16 Putin’s Foreign Policy, Richard Sakwa;
About the author
Gabriel Gorodetsky
Summary
This volume of essays dwells on the challenge facing Russia in establishing its new identity which will have a direct bearing on the course its foreign policy is likely to steer in the future.
