RoarledgeGlobalSecarityStudiesRUSSIAANDTHEWORLDINTHEPUTINERAFROMTHEORYTOREALITY INRUSSIANGLOBALSTRATEGYEdited byRoger E. Kanet and Dina MoulioukovaR
Russia and the World in thePutin EraThis volume examines the role of Russia in the world under PresidentPutin's rule.When the Soviet Union disintegrated after the Cold War, Russia seeminglyembarked on the establishment of a democratic political svstem and seener intent on joining the liberal international order. However, under PresidenPutin's rule. there have been dramatic shifks inpolicies, in order to reestablish itself as a great powwer. This book examinesbroad aspects of Russian political culture and threat percention. such asRusia's reaction to NATTO expansion: its information warfare and energypolicies; and its policy toward the Global South. especially the Middle East andvses is to explain the factors that infuenceRussian foreign policv and to show how and why Russian relations with theEuropean Umion and the United States have deteriorated so rapidly in recentvears. The volume introduces an alternative approach to the standard realistperspective, which often underlies existing analyses of Russian policy -namelvthe work offers a theoretical perspective that focuses on the Russian sense ofidentity and on ontolorical securitv.This book will be of much interest to students of Russian foreign policy,security studies and International RelationRoger E.Kanet is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at both the Universityof Miami and the University of Ilinois at Urbana-Champaisn. U.S.A.DinaMoulioukova isa Lecturer of International Studies at the University ofMiami. U.S.A..
Russia and the World in thePutin EraFrom Theory to Reality in RussianGlobal StrategyEdited by Roger E.Kanet andDina MoulioukovaRoutledgeTaylor&FrancisGroupLONDONANDNEWYORK
ContentsListofcontributorsPreface区Introduction: Russia foreign policy and the return to1ROGERE.KANETANDDINAMOULIOUKOVAPARTISources and tools of Russian foreign policy9Russia's self-image as a great powerDINAMOULIOUKOVAWITHROGERE.KANET2 Russian strategic culture and renewed confict withthe west34ROGERE.KANET3 Images and decision-making in foreign policv;the case of Vladimir Putin,0ALEKSANDARJANKOVSKI4 Atlanticism in an age of great power competition;is Russia achieving itsgoals?&SuzaNNELOFTUS5 The battle of ontological narratives: Russia and theannexation of Crimea;115DINAMOULIOUKOVAWITHROGERE.KANET
viContents1 6 The role of energy in Russian foreign policy,140ARSENGASPARYANPARTIITheRussian resnonse to 11.Snolicioe7NATO.U.S. erand strateey and the Russian responseRAJANMENONANDWILLIAMRUGER8 The politics of sanctions in UL.S.-Russia relationsCHARLESE.ZIEGLERPART III Russian oolicv in the develonino world237A comparison of Soviet and Russian foreign policyeontological security and policy toward Africal239ROGERE.KANETaNDDINAMOULIOUKOVA10 Russia's expanding role in the easternMediterranean: opportunities and challenges260NURAYV.IBRYAMOVA11 The new ...
