Regional Leadership in Post-Soviet Eurasia - The Strategies of Russia, China, and the European Union

This book explores power in international relations, in a world of growing competition of major powers for smaller nations. Focusing on the major powers and smaller countries of Eurasia, it argues that power in international relations is different from coercion and is rather a social contract between a leader state and follower states.

List of contents

Introduction
Chapter 1
Conceptualizing regional leadership
Chapter 2
Complex Interaction of Leadership Projects in Post-Soviet Eurasia
Chapter 3
The Road to War: How Russia Has Lost the Chances for Leadership in Post-Soviet Eurasia
Chapter 4
"Crossing the River by Touching the Stones": China’s Leadership Strategy in Eurasia
Chapter 5
What Does the European Union’s Leadership Programme for Eurasia Consist of?
Chapter 6
Following Externals or Leading Internals? Kazakhstan as the Non-Follower with Leadership Ambitions of Its Own
Chapter 7
The South Caucasus: a Challenge and an Opportunity. Russia, EU and China’s Prospects for Regional Leadership
Chapter 8
From a Hesitant to an Assumed Leader? EU Role Conception and Eastern Partners’ Perceptions
Conclusion

About the author

Irina Busygina is a Visiting Scholar at the Davis Center at Harvard University, USA
Svetlana Krivokhizh is an Associate Professor at the Department of Asian and African Studies, Higher School of Economics in Saint Petersburg, Russia

Summary

This book explores power in international relations, in a world of growing competition of major powers for smaller nations. Focusing on the major powers and smaller countries of Eurasia, it argues that power in international relations is different from coercion and is rather a social contract between a leader state and follower states.

Product details

• Assisted by: Irina Busygina (Editor), Svetlana Krivokhizh (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032317793
• ISBN: 978-1-032-31779-3
• No. of pages: 170
• Weight: 300 g
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Zeichnungen, schwarz-weiss, Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Series: Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; Eastern Europe, Asia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, International Relations, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General