Russia and the World: The Internal-External Nexus

ISBN-13: 9780415813204 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 238 str.

Natasha Kuhrt

Opis

This volume brings together analyses of key domestic, foreign and security policy issues during the Putin and Medvedev administrations. Indeed, the articles demonstrate the extent to which domestic and foreign policy issues are inextricably linked, in particular in the domain of security, whether 'hard' or 'soft'. As we move into 'Putin 3.0', these issues, which range from the role of nuclear weapons and energy, to issues of sovereignty and self-determination; terrorism, insurgency and the role of Islam, will remain central, both to official discourse, and to Russia's relations with the wider world. This book was published as a special issue of Europe-Asia Studies.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. Nationalism for Export? The Domestic and Foreign-Policy Implications of the New ‘Russian Idea’  3. Is Russia Out of Step with European Norms? Assessing Russia’s Relationship to European Identity, Values and Norms Through the Issue of Self-Determination  4. Russia’s International Images and its Energy Policy. An Unreliable Supplier?  5. The Russian Far East in Russia’s Asia Policy: Dual Integration or Double Periphery?  6. Nuclear Weapons in Russian Foreign Policy: Patterns in Presidential Discourse 2000–2010  7. When the Internal and External Collide: A Social Constructivist Reading of Russia’s Security Policy  8. Russia and the Middle East: A Cold War Paradigm?  9. The Radicalisation of Islamic Salafi Jamaats in the North Caucasus: Moving Closer to the Global Jihadist Movement?  10. ‘Domestication’ or Representation? Russia and the Institutionalisation of Islam in Comparative Perspective

O autorze

Natasha Kuhrt's research interests encompass Russian and post-Soviet foreign and security policies, with a particular interest in China, Japan and the Asia-Pacific, and Asia-Pacific security in general. She also teaches and researches in the field of nationalism and ethnic conflict, and issues relating to humanitarian intervention and sovereignty. Dr Kuhrt is co-convenor of the BISA Working Group on Russian and Eurasian Foreign and Security Policies.