Russia and its Near Neighbours

Introduction: Russia and its Near Neighbours; M.R.Freire & R.E.Kanet PART I: DETERMINANTS OF RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY Russia's Vital and Exclusive National Interests in the Near Abroad; R.Laenen Domestic Influences on Russian Foreign Policy: Status, Interests and Ressentiment ; H.Smith Nationalist Grievance and Russian Foreign Policy? The Case of Georgia; L.March The August 2008 Russo-Georgian War: Which Side Went First?; J.B.Dunlop PART II: RUSSIA AND THE CIS Whose Near Abroad? Dilemmas in Russia's Declared Sphere of Privileged Interests; J.Russell Russia's European Security Treaty and the Kyrgyz Crisis; G.Herd Central Asia in Russian and US Foreign Policy: Between Continuity and 'Reset'; L.Simão Russia's Foreign Policy towards Central Asia; D.Digol PART III: ENERGY IN RUSSIAN-CIS RELATIONS Strategic Security and Russian Resource Diplomacy; M.Sussex Russian Resource Politics toward the CIS Countries under Medvedev; B.Nygren Russia's Energy Policies in Eurasia: Empowerment or Entrapment?; M.R.Freire Russian Energy Policy in the South Caucasus; L.Arakelyan & R.E.Kanet Conclusion; M.R.Freire & R.E.Kanet