The Rebuilding of Greater Russia: Putin's Foreign Policy Towards the CIS Countries / Edition 1

by Bertil Nygren

Overview

This book describes the strategies used by President Putin from 2000 onwards to recreate 'Greater Russia', that is a Russia that controls most of the territory of the former Soviet Union.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415590457
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/01/2010
Series:	Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	350
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Bertil Nygren is Associate Professor of Political Science at the Swedish National Defence College and the Department of Political Science, Stockholm University. His research interests focus on politics in Russia and the CIS countries, security, strategy and international relations. His publications include Russia as a Great Power, Dimensions of Security Under Putin, (Edited by Jakob Hedenskog, Vilhelm Konnander, Bertil Nygren, Ingmar Oldberg and Christer Pursiainen), Routledge, 2005.

Table of Contents

Part 1: The Russian Regional Security Complex and Russian Foreign Policy towards the CIS Countries. Part 2: Russia and the European Security Sub-Complex – Relations with Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova. Part 3: Russia and the Caucasus Security Sub-Complex – Relations with Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia and the Regional Conflicts. Part 4: Russia and the Asian Regional Sub-Complex – Relations with Kyrgyztan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. Part 5: Russia as a Regional Great Power – Analysis of the Past and Future of Putin's Attempt to Re-Build Greater Russia – Objectives, Strategies, Policies, Instruments, and Prospects for Success?