Routledge Handbook of Russian Foreign Policy

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.

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.

Part I: CONDITIONS & THEORIES Introduction, Andrei P. Tsygankov 1. International norms and identity, Valentina Feklyunina 2. Global (post) structural conditions, Viatcheslav Morozov 3. Power and national security, Elena Kropatcheva 4. Geopolitics, John Berryman 5. Nationalism, Luke March 6. Petropolitics, Yuval Weber Part II: TOOLS & ACTORS Introduction, Andrei P. Tsygankov 7. Diplomacy, Charles Ziegler 8. Natural Gas, Boris Barkanov 9. Intelligence, Mikhail Strokan & Brian Taylor 10. Military, Valeri Konyshev & Alexander Sergunin 11. Cyber power, Julien Nocetti 12. Media & public diplomacy, Greg Simons 13. Russian Orthodox Church , Nicolai Petro Part III: DIRECTIONS Introduction, Andrei P. Tsygankov 14. The United States, Kari Roberts 15. Asia-Pacific and China, Natasha Kuhrt 16. The European Union, Tuomas Forsberg & Hiski Haukalla 17. Central and Eastern Europe, Dmitry Offitserov-Belskiy & Andrei Sushentsov 18. The Middle East, Phillipp Casula & Mark Katz 19. The Caucasus, Maxim Suchkov 20. Central Asia, Mariya Omelicheva 21. Arctic, Robert English & Andrew Thvedt Part IV: ORGANIZATIONS Introduction, Andrei P. Tsygankov 22. The United Nations, Alexander Sergunin 23. G20, Andrej Krickovic 24. European organizations, Hanna Smith 25. Asian organizations, Artyom Lukin 26. Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Maria Freire 27. The Eurasian Economic Union, Mikhail Molchanov 28. Collective Security Treaty Organization, Ruth Deyermond