Russia, Eurasia and the New Geopolitics of Energy

Lilia A. Arakelyan, University of Miami, USA Graeme Herd, George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, Germany Nikita A. Lomagin, St Petersburg State University, Russia Wayne McLean, University of Tasmania, Australia Dina Moulioukova, University of Miami, USA Rémi Piet, Qatar University, Qatar Ellen B. Pirro, Iowa State University, USA Charles E. Ziegler, University of Louisville, USA

Introduction: Eurasian Integration, Central Asia and the New Geopolitics of Energy; Roger E. Kanet and Matthew Sussex PART I: THE GEOPOLITICS OF EURASIA: GROWING EAST-WEST CONFRONTATION 1. From Retrenchment to Revanchism... and Back Again? Russian Grand Strategy in the Eurasian 'heartland'; Matthew Sussex 2. Is Russia's Foreign Policy 'Schizophrenic'?; Dina Moulioukova 3. 'Quo Vadis, Armenia? The South Caucasus and Great Power Politics; Lilia Arakelyan PART II: RESOURCE DIPLOMACY AND ENERGY SECURITY IN EURASIA 4. Sovereignty, Security, and Intervention in Central Asia; Charles E. Ziegler 5. Great Power Foreign Relations in Central Asia: Competition, Cooperation and Congruence; Ellen B. Pirro 6. Foreign Policy Preferences of Russia's Energy Sector: A Shift to Asia?; Nikita Lomagin 7. Authoritarianism, Energy and Ideas in Central Asia: From Politics and Pipelines to Foreign Policy; Wayne McLean 8. Balance of Power Shifts and Energy Interests in Central Asia; Remi Piet 9. 'Living the 'Chinese Dream' in the 'Russkiy Mir': Central Asia between Sino-Russian Strategic Trilemmas?; Graeme P. Herd Conclusion; Matthew Sussex and Roger E. Kanet