Russian Foreign Policy in the 21st Century

1. Introduction: Russian Foreign Policy in the 21st Century
Roger E. Kanet

Part I. Foundations of Russian Foreign Policy

2. History, Russia and the West, and Cold Wars
Peter Shearman

3. Aims and Means in Russian Foreign Policy
Ingmar Oldberg

4. Russian Modernization Pathways: Foreign Policy Implications
Graeme P. Herd

5. Russia’s “Soft Power” in the Putin Epoch
Vladimir Rukavishnikov

Part II. Russia and the “Near Abroad” after the War with Georgia

6. Russia and Georgia — From Confrontation to War: What is Next?
Bertil Nygren

7. The Russo-Georgian War and EU Mediation
Tuomas Forsberg, Antti Seppo

8. Russia’s New “Monroe Doctrine”
Mette Skak

9. Russia, Central Asia, and the Caucasus after the Georgia Conflict
Charles E. Ziegler

Part III. Russia, Europe, and Beyond

10. Medvedev’s “Fourteen Points”: Russia’s Proposal for a New European Security Architecture
Nikita Lomagin

11. From the “New World Order” to “Resetting Relations”: Two Decades of US-Russian Relations
Roger E. Kanet

12. Russia, NATO Enlargement, and “Regions of Privileged Interests”
John Berryman

13. Revising the EU’s European Neighborhood Policy: The Eastern Partnership and Russia
Joan DeBardeleben

14. The EU-Russia Energy Relationship: European, Russian, Common Interests?
Susanne Nies

15. Conclusion
Roger E. Kanet

Keywords: Political Science and International Relations, Russian and Post-Soviet Politics, European Union Politics, International Relations, Political Science, Foreign Policy