Russia and its Near Neighbours [electronic resource] /
Freire, M.editor.
Kanet, R.editor.
Russia has recently re-emerged as the dominant political, economic and military actor in former Soviet nations. Kanet and Freire bring together a stellar cast of contributors to consider Russia's recent return as a major regional and international actor and its likely future policy toward its neighbours.
Description based upon print version of record.
List of Map and Tables --  Notes on Contributors --  General Editor's Preface --  Preface and Acknowledgements --  Introduction: Russia and its Near Neighbours --  Part I: Determinants of Russian Foreign Policy --  1. Russia's 'Vital and Exclusive' National Interests in the Near Abroad --  2. Domestic Influences on Russian Foreign Policy: Status, Interests and Ressentiment --  3. Nationalist Grievance and Russian Foreign Policy: The Case of Georgia --  4. The August 2008 Russo-Georgian War: Which Side Went First? --  Part II: Russia and the CIS --   5. Whose 'Near Abroad'? Dilemmas in Russia's Declared Sphere of Privileged Interests --  6. Russia's European Security Treaty and the Kyrgyz Crisis --  7. Central Asia in Russian and US Foreign Policy: Between Continuity and 'Reset' --  8. Russia's Foreign Policy in Central Asia: From Yeltsin to Medvedev --  Part III: Energy in Russian-CIS Relations --  9. Strategy, Security and Russian Resource Diplomacy --  10. Russian Resource Policies towards the CIS Countries --  11. Russia's Energy Policies in Eurasia: Empowerment or Entrapment? --  12. Russian Energy Policy in the South Caucasus --    Conclusion: Russia and its Near Neighbours --  Index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Russia has recently re-emerged as the dominant political, economic and military actor in former Soviet nations. Kanet and Freire bring together a stellar cast of contributors to consider Russia's recent return as a major regional and international actor and its likely future policy toward its neighbours.
International relations.
Political science.
Politics and war.
Russian and Post-Soviet Politics.
International Relations.
European Politics.
Political Science.
Military and Defence Studies.
US Politics.