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Routledge Handbook of Russian Foreign Policy.

Av: Materialtyp: TextUtgivningsuppgift: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2018Datum för upphovsrätt: ©2018Utgåva: 1st edBeskrivning: 1 online resource (457 pages)Innehållstyp:
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  • 9781134994168
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Routledge handbook of Russian foreign policy- Front Cover -- Routledge handbook of Russian foreign policy -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Figures -- Tables -- List of contributors -- Preface -- PART I: Theories and conditions -- Chapter 1: International norms and identity -- Key assumptions: what makes constructivism constructivist? -- Constructivist studies of RFP -- Methodological considerations -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 2: Global (post)structural conditions -- Introduction: what does structuralism mean? -- The Russian case: the general and the specific -- Historical materialist approaches -- Discursive and institutionalist approaches -- Exploring the way forward: a subaltern empire facing Western hegemony -- Conclusion: promises and limitations of structuralism -- Glossary -- Note -- References -- Chapter 3: Power and national security -- Introduction -- Different realisms -- Soviet/Russian foreign policy through the prism of realist perspectives -- Conclusions: the promises and caveats of applying neoclassical realism to Russian foreign policy analysis -- Note -- References -- Chapter 4: Geopolitics -- Imperial geopolitics: Mahan and Mackinder -- Russia: the geopolitics of periphery -- Soviet-German geopolitics 1917-1947 -- Cold War geopolitics -- Post-Cold War geopolitics -- The geopolitics of Russian foreign policy -- Conclusions -- Note -- References -- Chapter 5: Nationalism -- 'Nationalist' foreign policy: defining the undefinable? -- Approaches to nationalism and foreign policy: driver or driven? -- Towards a holistic model of nationalism and RFP -- Towards testable hypotheses? -- Future questions and themes -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Chapter 6: Petropolitics -- Introduction -- Petrostate foreign policy formulation: where does oil cause states to go to war?.
Politics and energy conditions -- Does oil make Russia more aggressive? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- PART II: Tools and actors -- Chapter 7: Diplomacy -- Introduction -- Principles, style, and conditions of Russian diplomacy -- From the Cold War to the 1990s -- Russian diplomacy in the 2000s -- Putin's coercive diplomacy -- Conclusion and assessment -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 8: Natural gas -- Introduction -- Weapon or what? -- Energy in Russian foreign policy -- Gazprom's strategy -- Mixed results -- Pivot to China -- Geo-economics and its limitations -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 9: Intelligence -- The study of intelligence and the security services -- The KGB and Soviet foreign policy -- The security services in post-Soviet Russia -- The security services as a foreign policy guide and tool -- Conclusion: future scholarship -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 10: Military -- Introduction -- Threat perceptions, doctrines -- Decision-making -- Military power as a foreign policy tool -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 11: Cyber power -- Introduction -- Terminology and concepts -- The Internet, cyber, and information in Russia's worldview -- The significance of the domestic factor -- Moscow's cyber diplomacy in practice -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 12: Media and public diplomacy -- Introduction -- Current state of art in research -- The PD evolution in the post-Cold War world -- The return of multi-polarity in the global system of public diplomacy and foreign affairs -- Constraints on Russian PD -- Possible future trends and prospects -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 13: The Russian Orthodox Church -- Is the ROC a tool of the state? -- The historical Orthodox attitude to politics -- Modern day symphonia -- How does this approach to politics carry over into foreign affairs?.
The Russian World: a political and religious project -- The ROC as a foreign policy actor -- The ROC as a source of future conflict -- The ROC as a source of conflict resolution -- Some issues for further exploration -- Note -- References -- PART III: Directions -- Chapter 14: The United States -- Introduction -- Why the United States matters -- The Yeltsin era (1991-1999): birth of a 'new' relationship? -- The first Putin presidency (2000-2008): from partnership to break-up -- The Medvedev presidency (2008-2012): the reset -- The second Putin presidency (2012-present): the end of the reset -- Russia-US relations: as good as it gets -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 15: Asia-Pacific and China -- Introduction -- The evolution of Russia's policy in Asia: wither the "pivot"? -- The role of the Asia-Pacific in contemporary Russian foreign policy -- Russia in Asia-Pacific -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Chapter 16: The European Union -- Research on Russia-EU relations -- Evolution of Russian policy towards the EU -- Making of Russian policy -- Russia's policy impact -- Explaining Russian policy -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 17: Central and Eastern Europe -- Regional context: integration and disintegration in Central and Eastern Europe -- Evolution and goals of Russian foreign policy in Eastern Europe -- Frozen conflicts and security issues -- Economic interdependence issues -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgment -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 18: The Middle East -- Introduction -- Russia and the Middle East: realism, constructivism or both? -- State of the art: Western and Russian perspectives -- Role of the Middle East in Russian foreign policy -- Record of Russian foreign policy in the Middle East -- Conclusions: future questions and themes -- References -- Chapter 19: The Caucasus -- Introduction.
Sources of Russia's concerns in the Northern Caucasus -- Russia's evolving policies in the 2000s -- Russia's policy in the South Caucasus: success or failure? -- New challenges: ISIS and the Ukraine crisis -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 20: Central Asia -- Explaining Russia's foreign policy in Central Asia -- Security-related drivers of Russia's foreign policy in Central Asia -- Russia's energy initiatives in Central Asia -- Russia's economic engagement with Central Asia -- "Soft power" in Russia's foreign policy in Central Asia -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 21: The Arctic -- Introduction -- Russia, an Arctic power -- From Cold-War confrontation to post-Cold War collapse -- Russia revived: a responsible Arctic stakeholder -- Russia reviled: halos, horns, and the Arctic reconsidered -- Oh no, the dreaded icebreaker gap! -- What to do if the ice melts? Build icebreakers! -- Can cooperation trump confrontation? -- References -- PART IV: Organizations -- Chapter 22: The United Nations -- Introduction -- The UN in the system of Russia's foreign policy priorities -- Russia's policies within the UN -- Sustainable development -- Crisis management, responsibility to protect and peacekeeping -- UN reform -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Chapter 23: The G20 -- The G20 in practice -- Russian attitudes towards the G20 -- Russia's Approach to The G20 Compared to Other International Organizations -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Chapter 24: European organizations -- Introduction -- The Council of Europe -- The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 25: Asian organizations -- Russia and Asia-Pacific institutions: declining engagement -- Russo-Chinese "strategic partnership" as an institutionalized quasi-alliance.
Moscow's pursuit of Eurasian continentalism -- Сonstruction of a new security architecture for the Asia-Pacific: building a counter-narrative to US hegemony -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 26: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization -- Introduction -- Mapping SCO-Russia relations -- Agenda-setting and -contesting: SCO's evolution and Russian politics -- The SCO agenda: a 'cart with two wheels' -- Final thoughts: questions and themes in Russia's relations with the SCO -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 27: The Eurasian Economic Union -- Existing approaches -- New regionalism -- EAEU: hopes and challenges -- EAEU and other regional and global organizations -- References -- Chapter 28: The Collective Security Treaty Organization -- Origins and development -- The CSTO literature -- The role of the CSTO in Russian foreign policy -- The role of Russia in the CSTO -- The limits of Russian power and influence in the CSTO -- References -- Index.
Sammanfattning: Providing a comprehensive overview of Russia's foreign policy directions, this handbook brings together an international team of scholars to develop a complex treatment of Russia's foreign policy. The chapters draw from numerous theoretical traditions, covering critically important subjects such as military interventions in Ukraine and Syria.
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Routledge handbook of Russian foreign policy- Front Cover -- Routledge handbook of Russian foreign policy -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Figures -- Tables -- List of contributors -- Preface -- PART I: Theories and conditions -- Chapter 1: International norms and identity -- Key assumptions: what makes constructivism constructivist? -- Constructivist studies of RFP -- Methodological considerations -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 2: Global (post)structural conditions -- Introduction: what does structuralism mean? -- The Russian case: the general and the specific -- Historical materialist approaches -- Discursive and institutionalist approaches -- Exploring the way forward: a subaltern empire facing Western hegemony -- Conclusion: promises and limitations of structuralism -- Glossary -- Note -- References -- Chapter 3: Power and national security -- Introduction -- Different realisms -- Soviet/Russian foreign policy through the prism of realist perspectives -- Conclusions: the promises and caveats of applying neoclassical realism to Russian foreign policy analysis -- Note -- References -- Chapter 4: Geopolitics -- Imperial geopolitics: Mahan and Mackinder -- Russia: the geopolitics of periphery -- Soviet-German geopolitics 1917-1947 -- Cold War geopolitics -- Post-Cold War geopolitics -- The geopolitics of Russian foreign policy -- Conclusions -- Note -- References -- Chapter 5: Nationalism -- 'Nationalist' foreign policy: defining the undefinable? -- Approaches to nationalism and foreign policy: driver or driven? -- Towards a holistic model of nationalism and RFP -- Towards testable hypotheses? -- Future questions and themes -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Chapter 6: Petropolitics -- Introduction -- Petrostate foreign policy formulation: where does oil cause states to go to war?.

Politics and energy conditions -- Does oil make Russia more aggressive? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- PART II: Tools and actors -- Chapter 7: Diplomacy -- Introduction -- Principles, style, and conditions of Russian diplomacy -- From the Cold War to the 1990s -- Russian diplomacy in the 2000s -- Putin's coercive diplomacy -- Conclusion and assessment -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 8: Natural gas -- Introduction -- Weapon or what? -- Energy in Russian foreign policy -- Gazprom's strategy -- Mixed results -- Pivot to China -- Geo-economics and its limitations -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 9: Intelligence -- The study of intelligence and the security services -- The KGB and Soviet foreign policy -- The security services in post-Soviet Russia -- The security services as a foreign policy guide and tool -- Conclusion: future scholarship -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 10: Military -- Introduction -- Threat perceptions, doctrines -- Decision-making -- Military power as a foreign policy tool -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 11: Cyber power -- Introduction -- Terminology and concepts -- The Internet, cyber, and information in Russia's worldview -- The significance of the domestic factor -- Moscow's cyber diplomacy in practice -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 12: Media and public diplomacy -- Introduction -- Current state of art in research -- The PD evolution in the post-Cold War world -- The return of multi-polarity in the global system of public diplomacy and foreign affairs -- Constraints on Russian PD -- Possible future trends and prospects -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 13: The Russian Orthodox Church -- Is the ROC a tool of the state? -- The historical Orthodox attitude to politics -- Modern day symphonia -- How does this approach to politics carry over into foreign affairs?.

The Russian World: a political and religious project -- The ROC as a foreign policy actor -- The ROC as a source of future conflict -- The ROC as a source of conflict resolution -- Some issues for further exploration -- Note -- References -- PART III: Directions -- Chapter 14: The United States -- Introduction -- Why the United States matters -- The Yeltsin era (1991-1999): birth of a 'new' relationship? -- The first Putin presidency (2000-2008): from partnership to break-up -- The Medvedev presidency (2008-2012): the reset -- The second Putin presidency (2012-present): the end of the reset -- Russia-US relations: as good as it gets -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 15: Asia-Pacific and China -- Introduction -- The evolution of Russia's policy in Asia: wither the "pivot"? -- The role of the Asia-Pacific in contemporary Russian foreign policy -- Russia in Asia-Pacific -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Chapter 16: The European Union -- Research on Russia-EU relations -- Evolution of Russian policy towards the EU -- Making of Russian policy -- Russia's policy impact -- Explaining Russian policy -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 17: Central and Eastern Europe -- Regional context: integration and disintegration in Central and Eastern Europe -- Evolution and goals of Russian foreign policy in Eastern Europe -- Frozen conflicts and security issues -- Economic interdependence issues -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgment -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 18: The Middle East -- Introduction -- Russia and the Middle East: realism, constructivism or both? -- State of the art: Western and Russian perspectives -- Role of the Middle East in Russian foreign policy -- Record of Russian foreign policy in the Middle East -- Conclusions: future questions and themes -- References -- Chapter 19: The Caucasus -- Introduction.

Sources of Russia's concerns in the Northern Caucasus -- Russia's evolving policies in the 2000s -- Russia's policy in the South Caucasus: success or failure? -- New challenges: ISIS and the Ukraine crisis -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 20: Central Asia -- Explaining Russia's foreign policy in Central Asia -- Security-related drivers of Russia's foreign policy in Central Asia -- Russia's energy initiatives in Central Asia -- Russia's economic engagement with Central Asia -- "Soft power" in Russia's foreign policy in Central Asia -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 21: The Arctic -- Introduction -- Russia, an Arctic power -- From Cold-War confrontation to post-Cold War collapse -- Russia revived: a responsible Arctic stakeholder -- Russia reviled: halos, horns, and the Arctic reconsidered -- Oh no, the dreaded icebreaker gap! -- What to do if the ice melts? Build icebreakers! -- Can cooperation trump confrontation? -- References -- PART IV: Organizations -- Chapter 22: The United Nations -- Introduction -- The UN in the system of Russia's foreign policy priorities -- Russia's policies within the UN -- Sustainable development -- Crisis management, responsibility to protect and peacekeeping -- UN reform -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Chapter 23: The G20 -- The G20 in practice -- Russian attitudes towards the G20 -- Russia's Approach to The G20 Compared to Other International Organizations -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Chapter 24: European organizations -- Introduction -- The Council of Europe -- The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 25: Asian organizations -- Russia and Asia-Pacific institutions: declining engagement -- Russo-Chinese "strategic partnership" as an institutionalized quasi-alliance.

Moscow's pursuit of Eurasian continentalism -- Сonstruction of a new security architecture for the Asia-Pacific: building a counter-narrative to US hegemony -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 26: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization -- Introduction -- Mapping SCO-Russia relations -- Agenda-setting and -contesting: SCO's evolution and Russian politics -- The SCO agenda: a 'cart with two wheels' -- Final thoughts: questions and themes in Russia's relations with the SCO -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 27: The Eurasian Economic Union -- Existing approaches -- New regionalism -- EAEU: hopes and challenges -- EAEU and other regional and global organizations -- References -- Chapter 28: The Collective Security Treaty Organization -- Origins and development -- The CSTO literature -- The role of the CSTO in Russian foreign policy -- The role of Russia in the CSTO -- The limits of Russian power and influence in the CSTO -- References -- Index.

Providing a comprehensive overview of Russia's foreign policy directions, this handbook brings together an international team of scholars to develop a complex treatment of Russia's foreign policy. The chapters draw from numerous theoretical traditions, covering critically important subjects such as military interventions in Ukraine and Syria.

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