Routledge Handbook of Russian Foreign Policy

<p>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 by incorporating ideas of domestic institutions, considerations of national security and international recognition as sources of the nation’s foreign policy. Covering critically important subjects such as Russia’s military interventions in Ukraine and Syria, the handbook is divided into four key parts:</p><p></p><p>Part I<strong> </strong>explores the social and material conditions in which Russia’s foreign policy is formed and implemented.</p><p></p><p>Part II investigates tools and actors that participate in policy making including diplomacy, military, media, and others.</p><p></p><p>Part III<strong> </strong>provides an overview of Russia’s directions towards the United States, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Eurasia, and the Arctic. </p><p></p><p>Part IV<strong> </strong>addresses the issue of Russia’s participation in global governance and multiple international organizations, as well as the Kremlin’s efforts to build new organizations and formats that suit Russia’s objectives.</p><p></p><p>The <i>Routledge Handbook of Russian Foreign Policy</i> is an invaluable resource to students and scholars of Russian Politics and International Relations, as well as World Politics more generally.</p> <p><strong>Part I: CONDITIONS & THEORIES </strong>Introduction, <i>Andrei P. Tsygankov </i>1. International norms and identity, <i>Valentina Feklyunina </i>2. Global (post) structural conditions, <i>Viatcheslav Morozov </i>3. Power and national security, <i>Elena Kropatcheva </i>4. Geopolitics, <i>John Berryman </i>5. Nationalism, <i>Luke March </i>6. Petropolitics, <i>Yuval Weber </i><b>Part II: TOOLS & ACTORS </b>Introduction, <i>Andrei P. Tsygankov </i>7. Diplomacy, <i>Charles Ziegler </i>8. Natural Gas, <i>Boris Barkanov </i>9. Intelligence, <i>Mikhail Strokan & Brian Taylor </i>10. Military, <i>Valeri Konyshev & Alexander Sergunin </i>11.<em> </em>Cyber power, <i>Julien Nocetti </i>12. Media & public diplomacy, <i>Greg Simons </i>13. Russian Orthodox Church , <i>Nicolai Petro </i><b>Part III: DIRECTIONS </b>Introduction, <i>Andrei P. Tsygankov </i>14. The United States, <i>Kari Roberts </i>15. Asia-Pacific and China, <i>Natasha Kuhrt </i>16. The European Union, <i>Tuomas Forsberg & Hiski Haukalla </i>17. Central and Eastern Europe, <i>Dmitry Offitserov-Belskiy & Andrei Sushentsov </i>18. The Middle East, <i>Phillipp Casula & Mark Katz </i>19. The Caucasus, <i>Maxim Suchkov </i>20. Central Asia, <i>Mariya Omelicheva </i>21. Arctic, <i>Robert English & Andrew Thvedt </i><b>Part IV: ORGANIZATIONS </b>Introduction, <i>Andrei P. Tsygankov </i>22. The United Nations, <i>Alexander Sergunin </i>23. G20, <i>Andrej Krickovic </i>24. European organizations, <i>Hanna Smith </i>25. Asian organizations, <i>Artyom Lukin </i>26. Shanghai Cooperation Organization, <i>Maria Freire </i>27. The Eurasian Economic Union, <i>Mikhail Molchanov </i>28. Collective Security Treaty Organization, <i>Ruth Deyermond </i></p>