Russian Foreign Policy in the 21st Century [Hardcover]

After the collapse of the Soviet Union expectations were high that a 'new world order' was emerging in which Russia and the other former Soviet republics would join the Western community of nations. That has not occurred.?This volume?explains the reasons for this failure and assesses likely future developments in that relationshipIntroduction: Russian Foreign Policy in the 21st Century; R.E.Kanet History, Russia and the West, and Cold Wars; P.Shearman Aims and Means in Russian Foreign Policy; I.Oldberg Russian Modernization Pathways: Foreign Policy Implications; G.Herd Assessing Russia's 'Soft Power' in a Globalising World; V.Rukavishnikov Russia and Georgia: From Confrontation to War. What is Next?; B.Nygren EU as Peace Mediator in Georgia: Success or Failure?; T.Forsberg Russia's new 'Monroe Doctrine'; M.Skak Russia, Central Asia and the Caucasus after the Georgia Conflict; C.E.Ziegler Medvedev's 'Fourteen Points': Russia's Proposal for a New European Security Architecture; N.Lomagin From the 'New World Order' to 'Resetting Relations': Two Decades of U.S.-Russian Relations; R.E.Kanet Russia, NATO Enlargement, and 'Regions of Privileged Interests'; J.Berryman Revising the EU's European Neighbourhood Policy: The Eastern Partnership and Russia; J.DeBardeleben EU, Russia, Energy: Cooperation or Conflict?; S.Nies Conclusion; R.E.KanetJOHN BERRYMAN teaches International Relations in the Department of Politics of Birkbeck College, University of London, UK and is Associate Professor in International Studies at the American Institute for Foreign Study, London, UKJOAN DEBARDELEBEN Chancellor's Professor at the Institute of European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies, and Director of the Centre for European Studies (EU Centre of Excellence) Carleton University in Ottawa, CanadaTUOMAS FORSBERG Professor of International Politics at the University of Tampere, FinlandGRAEME HERD resident Faculty Member at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP), SwitzerlandNIKITA LOMAGIN Profel3-