Russia and its Near Neighbours

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Introduction: Russia and its Near Neighbours....Pages 1-14
Front Matter....Pages 15-15
Russia’s ‘Vital and Exclusive’ National Interests in the Near Abroad....Pages 17-38
Domestic Influences on Russian Foreign Policy: Status, Interests and Ressentiment....Pages 39-62
Nationalist Grievance and Russian Foreign Policy: The Case of Georgia....Pages 63-88
The August 2008 Russo-Georgian War: Which Side Went First?....Pages 89-105
Front Matter....Pages 107-107
Whose ‘Near Abroad’? Dilemmas in Russia’s Declared Sphere of Privileged Interests....Pages 109-128
Russia’s European Security Treaty and the Kyrgyz Crisis....Pages 129-151
Central Asia in Russian and US Foreign Policy: Between Continuity and ‘Reset’....Pages 152-173
Russia’s Foreign Policy in Central Asia: From Yeltsin to Medvedev....Pages 174-200
Front Matter....Pages 201-201
Strategy, Security and Russian Resource Diplomacy....Pages 203-222
Russian Resource Policies towards the CIS Countries....Pages 223-245
Russia’s Energy Policies in Eurasia: Empowerment or Entrapment?....Pages 246-264
Russian Energy Policy in the South Caucasus....Pages 265-286
Conclusion: Russia and its Near Neighbours....Pages 287-289
Back Matter....Pages 290-295