| Contents |
Acknowledgements -- Acronyms -- Introduction -- Russia in search of itself : a post-Soviet identity discourse -- Structure of the book -- Theorizing Russian Foreign Policy -- Power transition theory -- Peaceful coexistence concept -- Soft power concept -- Status theory(ies) -- Russian Foreign Policy Schools -- The Soviet legacy -- The Post-Soviet IR : adapting to change -- Mapping post-Soviet IR : institutional dimension and topics for research -- The Atlanticists ("Westerners") -- Eurasianism -- The rise of the derzhavniki -- Realism : return of the repressed -- Geopolitics : new opportunities in Russia? -- The idealist, liberal paradigm -- Globalism -- The social democrats -- The "right radicals" -- Postpositivism in Russia? -- A foreign policy consensus? -- Threat Perceptions, Foreign Policy, Military and National Security Doctrines -- Early concepts -- Russia's Law on Security of 1992 -- Russia's foreign policy concept of 1993 -- The Russian military doctrine of 1993 -- The National Security Concept of the Russian Federation (1997) -- The Putin-1 era -- The Medvedev era -- The Putin-2 era -- Foreign Policy Decision-Making System -- Governmental actors -- Non-governmental actors -- Conclusions -- References. |
