Routledge Handbook of Russian Security

<p>The <i>Routledge Handbook of Russian Security </i>offers<i> </i>a comprehensive collection of essays on all aspects of Russian security and foreign policy by international scholars from across the world. </p><p></p><p>The volume identifies key contemporary topics of research and debate and takes into account the changes that have occurred in the study of Russian security strategy since the end of the Cold War. The handbook is organised into five sections:</p><p></p><ul> <br><br><p></p> <li>The theory and nature of Russian security policy</li> <br><br> <br><br><p></p> <li>The domestic and foreign policy nexus</li> <br><br> <br><br><p></p> <li>Instruments used by Russia in pursuing its security</li> <br><br> <br><br><p></p> <li>Global and regional aspects of Russian security and foreign policy</li> <br><br> <br><br><p></p> <li>Case studies of Russian involvement in a series of security conflicts.</li> <br><br> </ul><p></p><p>The book concludes with case studies of the major examples of Russian involvement and operations in a series of security conflicts, including that in Georgia, the intervention in Ukraine and occupation of Crimea, and the ongoing Civil War in Syria. </p><p></p><p>This volume will be of great interest to students of Russian security, strategic studies, foreign policy, European politics, and International Relations in general.</p> <p>Preface: Russian Security Policy <em>Roger E. Kanet </em><strong>Part I: The History and Nature of Russian Security Strategy</strong><em> </em>1. Russia's Pursuit of Great Power Status and Security <em>Anne L. Clunan </em>2. Putin's operational code and strategic decision-making in Russia <em>Graeme Herd</em> 3. The Soviet Legacy in Russian Security Policy <em>Mark Kramer </em>4. Military might as a basis for Russian Great Power Identity <em>Hanna Smith </em>5. The Russian Challenge to the Liberal World Order <em>Suzanne Loftus and Roger E. Kanet </em><strong>Part II: Domestic Politics, Threat Perception and Russian Security Strategy</strong><em> </em>6. The Domestic and Foreign Policy Nexus: Politics, Threat Perception and Russian Security Strategy <em>Stefan Meister </em>7. Understanding Russia’s Security Strategy in a Context of Power <em>Tom Casier </em>8. Russia’s Economy and Military Expenditures <em>Susanne Oxenstierna </em>9. Russian Strategic Culture: the generational approach and the counter-intelligence state thesis <em>Mette Skak </em>10. The Security Council and Security Decision-Making <em>Edwin Bacon </em><strong>Part </strong><strong>III: Instruments of Russian Security Strategy</strong><em> </em>11. Coercive diplomacy in Russian Security Strategy <em>Stanislav Tkachenko </em>12. The Rebuilding of Russia’s Military Capabilities <em>Jennifer G. Mathers </em>13. Reflections on Russia's Nuclear Strategy <em>Stephen Blank </em>14. The Economic tools of Russian security Strategy <em>Nikita Lomagin </em>15. Russian Security Strategy and the Geopolitics of Energy in Eurasia <em>Mikhail Molchanov </em>16. The Intelligence Agencies and Putin: Undermining Russia’s Security Strategy? <em>Kimberly Marten </em>17. Russian Information Security and Warfare Strategy <em>Carolina Vendil Pallin </em>18. Information-Psychological warfare in Russian Security Strategy <em>Katri Pynnöniemi </em>19. Outer Space in Russian Security Strategy <em>Nicole Jackson </em><strong>Part IV: Global and Regional Aspects of Russian Security Strategy</strong><em> </em>20. Russian Security Policy toward the United States <em>Kathryn E. Stoner and Michael A. McFaul </em>21. NATO Enlargement: A Security Dilemma for Russia? <em>Alberto Priego </em>22. Russia’s Regional and Global Counterterrorism Strategies: How Moscow’s Vision of the New Global Order Affects Its Approach to Terrorism <em>Mariya Omelicheva </em>23. Security Challenges in Russia-European Union Relations <em>Licínia Simão and Maria Raquel Freire </em>24. Russian Security Strategy and the Geopolitics of Eurasian Security <em>John Berryman </em>25. The Impacts of Climate Change on Russian Arctic Security <em>Stacy Closson </em>26. Caucasian Chess, or The Greatest Geopolitical Tragedy of the 20th Century <em>Lilia Arakelyan </em>27. Russian Security Strategy in Central Asia <em>Graeme Gill and Yelena Nikolayevna Zabortseva </em>28. Russian-Chinese Security: The Bear and the Dragon <em>Marcel de Haas </em>29. The BRICS and Russian Foreign and Security Policy: Changing the Narrative <em>Rachel S. Salzman </em><strong>Part V: Case Studies of Russian Security Strategy </strong>30. Instrumentalising the Frozen Conflicts of the Greater Black Sea Region <em>Thomas Ambrosio </em>31. Russian Security Strategy in the Balkans <em>Nadia Boyadjieva </em>32. The August 2008 Russia-Georgia War <em>Bertil Nygren </em>33. Russia’s ‘Hybrid’ Aggression against Ukraine <em>Yury Fedorov </em>34. Russia, the Middle East and the onflict in Syria <em>Derek Averre</em></p>