Power, Politics and Confrontation in Eurasia

Boris Barkanov, West Virginia University, USA John Berryman, Birkbeck College, UK Joan DeBardeleben, Carleton University, Canada Sandra Fernandes, Sciences Po, France Graeme Gill, University of Sydney, Australia Suzanne Loftus, University of Miami, USA Mikhail A. Molchanov, St Thomas University, Canada Richard Sakwa, University of Kent, UK Peter Shearman, Institute of Security and International Studies, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

Introduction: Power, Politics and Confrontation in Eurasia; Matthew Sussex and Roger E. Kanet PART I: RUSSIAN POLITICS AND FOREIGN POLICY 1. Whose Playground is it, Anyway?: Power Rivalries in Post-Soviet Space; Suzanne Loftus and Roger E. Kanet 2. Putin, Nationalism and Foreign Policy; Graeme Gill 3. Putin and Russian Foreign Policy Toward the West; Peter Shearman 4. European Security Architecture: Fading or Adapting?; Sandra Fernandes PART II: INSTITUTIONS AND ARCHITECTURE IN EURASIA 5. Eurasian Integration and Dilemmas of Russian Neo-Revisionism; Richard Sakwa 6. Eurasian Regionalism: Ideas and Practices; Mikhail Molchanov PART III: CONFRONTATION IN UKRAINE 7. Backdrop to the Ukraine Crisis: The Revival of Normative Politics in Russia's Relations with the EU?; Joan DeBardeleben 8. Russian Grand Strategy and the Ukraine Crisis: An Historical Cut; John Berryman 9. Crisis in Ukraine: Clash of Civilisations or Geopolitics?; Boris Barkanov Conclusion; Matthew Sussex and Roger E. Kanet