Acknowledgments Preface Part I. The Age of Illusions 1. The Collapse of an Empire 2. Turmoil and War in the "Near Abroad" 3. The West and the First Chechnya War 4. The New Architecture for Relations with the West 5. Ukraine: Deceptive Calm 6. The Turning Point: Kosovo Part II. From Acquiescence to Resistance 7. The Second Chechnya War and Islamic Radicalism 8. Bridges to the West 9. Russia and the U.S. Invasion of Iraq 10. Seeking Friendships 11. Russia in the Middle East 12. The West on the Offensive 13. Response to the Color Revolutions 14. Skirmishes with the West 15. Countdown to Collision 16. The Five Day War with Georgia 17. The Response of the West to the War 18. Friends in the Caucasus Part III. Russia Ascendant 19. A Foreign Ministry for a World Power 20. The Reset in U.S. Relations with Russia 21. The Reset in the Near Abroad 22. Growing Divergences with the West 23. Crisis in Ukraine 24. Reprisals Over Ukraine 25. Russia on the Offensive 26. The Russian Diplomatic Campaign 27. The Rollercoaster of U.S.-Russia Relations Chapter Notes Annotated Bibliography Index