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Russia and its Near Neighbours

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Editors:
  1. Maria Raquel Freire

    1. Department of International Relations, University of Coimbra, Portugal

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  2. Roger E. Kanet

    1. Department of International Studies, University of Miami, USA

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Introduction: Russia and its Near Neighbours

    1. Introduction: Russia and its Near Neighbours

      • Maria Raquel Freire, Roger E. Kanet
      Pages 1-14

  5. Energy in Russian-CIS Relations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 201-201
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    2. Strategy, Security and Russian Resource Diplomacy

      • Matthew Sussex
      Pages 203-222

    3. Russian Resource Policies towards the CIS Countries

      • Bertil Nygren
      Pages 223-245

    4. Russia’s Energy Policies in Eurasia: Empowerment or Entrapment?

      • Maria Raquel Freire
      Pages 246-264

    5. Russian Energy Policy in the South Caucasus

      • Lilia A. Arakelyan, Roger E. Kanet
      Pages 265-286

    6. Conclusion: Russia and its Near Neighbours

      • Maria Raquel Freire, Roger E. Kanet
      Pages 287-289

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 290-295
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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.

Reviews

'This is a well-informed and stimulating analysis of Russia's fraught relationship with its near neighbours (the former Soviet states), tracing not only the new geopolitical tensions but also some of the fundamental policy issues, notably the politics of energy, the domestic drivers of Russian foreign policy, and the various security dilemmas faced by individual states. The volume brings together an impressive collection of authors, each one an expert in their respective fields. Taken together, this is a state of the art analysis of developments in post-Soviet Eurasia, and thus an important contribution to a region that is assuming ever-greater importance in world politics.'

- Richard Sakwa, Professor of Russian and European Politics, University of Kent, UK

'A timely collection of essays exploring the impact of nationalism, resource diplomacy, and national identity politics on Russia's policy toward its closest neighbors Medvedev's putative 'sphere of privileged interest.' An impressive achievement, Russia and its Near Neighbors will be of great interest to regional specialists and international relations practitioners alike.'

- Charles E. Ziegler, Professor of Political Science, University of Louisville, USA

'In an era of increasing Russian assertiveness in international affairs, this well-researched and thought-provoking volume is essential reading not only for scholars, but also perhaps even more importantly - for foreign policy practitioners. The Bear is back and we all need to take note!'

- Leslie Holmes, Professor, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne, Australia

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of International Relations, University of Coimbra, Portugal

    Maria Raquel Freire

  • Department of International Studies, University of Miami, USA

    Roger E. Kanet

About the editors

LILIA A. ARAKELYAN Doctoral Student and Research Assistant, Department of International Studies, University of Miami, USA DIANA DIGOL Researcher, Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy, University of Hamburg, Germany JOHN DUNLOP Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, USA GRAEME P. HERD Head of the International Security Programme, Geneva Centre for Security Policy, Switzerland and Co-Director of the International Training Course in Security Policy RIA LAENEN Senior Research Fellow, Institute for International and European Policy, University of Leuven, Belgium LUKE MARCH Senior Lecturer in Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics, University of Edinburgh, UK BERTIL NYGREN Associate Professor of Political Science, Swedish National Defence College and at the Department of Political Science, Stockholm University, Sweden JOHN RUSSELL Professor of Russian and Security Studies, School of Social and International Studies, University of Bradford, UK LICÍNIA SIMÃO teaches at the University of Beira Interior, Portugal HANNA SMITH Researcher, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland MATTHEW SUSSEX Senior Lecturer, School of Government, University of Tasmania, Australia

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