Russian Foreign Policy in the 21st Century

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Introduction: Russian Foreign Policy in the 21st Century....Pages 1-7
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
History, Russia and the West, and Cold Wars....Pages 11-29
Aims and Means in Russian Foreign Policy....Pages 30-58
Russian Modernization Pathways: Foreign Policy Implications....Pages 59-75
Russia’s “Soft Power” in the Putin Epoch....Pages 76-97
Front Matter....Pages 99-99
Russia and Georgia — From Confrontation to War: What is Next?....Pages 101-120
The Russo-Georgian War and EU Mediation....Pages 121-137
Russia’s New “Monroe Doctrine”....Pages 138-154
Russia, Central Asia, and the Caucasus after the Georgia Conflict....Pages 155-178
Front Matter....Pages 179-179
Medvedev’s “Fourteen Points”: Russia’s Proposal for a New European Security Architecture....Pages 181-203
From the “New World Order” to “Resetting Relations”: Two Decades of US-Russian Relations....Pages 204-227
Russia, NATO Enlargement, and “Regions of Privileged Interests”....Pages 228-245
Revising the EU’s European Neighborhood Policy: The Eastern Partnership and Russia....Pages 246-265
The EU-Russia Energy Relationship: European, Russian, Common Interests?....Pages 266-286
Conclusion....Pages 287-288
Back Matter....Pages 289-295