The Russian Challenge to the European Security Environment

ISBN-13: 9783319507743 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 276 str.

Roger E. Kanet

Opis

-Roger Kanet, a respected expert on the Soviet Union and post-Soviet Russia, has assembled a stellar team of scholars, from Russia and the West, to examine Russia's policy toward Europe. The individual chapters offer well-researched, provocative, and contrasting assessments, using theoretical frameworks ranging from realism to constructivism. Russia's annexation of Crimea and support for the rebellion in Ukraine's east have ignited a heated debate over the motivations and objectives shaping Russian policy in Europe. That makes this superb volume particularly timely.--Rajan Menon, Anne and Bernard Spitzer Chair in Political Science, The City College of New York, USAThis edited collection examines the factors that have contributed to the growing conflict in Eurasia between the Russian Federation and the European Union and the United States. The individual chapters, written by authors with different national backgrounds, highlight the factors that have contributed to the emerging competition between the two sides that has culminated in the confrontation over Ukraine and Syria. It also deals with questions concerning the possible emergence of a new security environment in Europe and Eurasia.

Spis treści

Introduction: Challenges to the Security Environment in Eurasia.- Chapter 1: Part I: The Russian Challenge to the Security Environment in Eurasia.- Chapter 2: Preserving Peace among the Great Powers: Russia's Foreign Policy and Normative Challenges to the International Order.- Chapter 3: The Clash of Great Powers in the Post-Soviet Space: EU and Russian Foreign Policies in their Overlapping Neighborhood.- Chapter 4: A Cold Peace between Russia and the West: Did Geoeconomics fail?.- Chapter 5: The Coercive Diplomacy of Vladimir Putin (2014-2016).- Chapter 6: The Russian Federation and the West: The Problem of International Order.- Chapter 7: Russia and the Evolving Eurasian Security Order: Impact and Implications of the Ukraine Crisis.- Chapter 8: Ukraine and the Restructuring of East-West Relations.- Chapter 9: Regionalism and Multivectorism in Eurasia: The Strange Case of Ukraine.- Chapter 10: Russia and Turkey: Clash of Identities and Interests in the Syrian Conflict.- Conclusion: Russia and the Future of the Eurasian Security Environment.

O autorze

Roger E. Kanet is Professor of Political Science at the University of Miami. He has also taught at the University of Kansas and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His most recent publications include a number of titles published by Palgrave Macmillan, including; Power, Politics and Confrontation in Eurasia: Foreign Policy in a Contested Area, 2015; Russia, Eurasian Integration and the New Geopolitics of Energy, 2015; 2012; Russia and Its Near Neighbours, 2012; Russian Foreign Policy in the Twenty-first Century, 2010; Key Players and Regional Dynamics in Eurasia: The Return of the ‘Great Game’, 2010. 

Blurb

“This volume pulls together a group of experts from both Russia and the West to examine the factors that have led – some would say inexorably - to the current confrontation between Putin’s Russia and the West. And even if we prefer not to call it a ‘new’ cold war we can all agree that the positive relationship that many looked forward to after 1991 has soured badly. Whether or not the new US president can ‘reset’ the relationship remains to be seen. But perhaps one place he might think of looking first  to get him up to speed  on modern Russia and its troubled relationship with the West might be Roger Kanet’s terrific collection.”

Michael Cox, Founding Director of LSE IDEAS, UK

“In this excellent book, noted specialists from Russia, Europe and the United States trace the evolution of post-Cold War tensions between Russia and the West, and detail how the Ukrainian crisis thrust these conflicting interests into sharp relief. Through a series of miscalculations—and misunderstandings—Russia and NATO now appear closer to military conflict than at any time in the past three decades. The authors of this timely collection provide a judicious and sober assessment of what many have called the new Cold War. Highly recommended.”

Charles E. Ziegler, University of Louisville, USA

Roger Kanet, a respected expert on the Soviet Union and post-Soviet Russia, has assembled a stellar team of scholars, from Russia and the West, to examine Russia’s policy toward Europe.  The individual chapters offer well-researched, provocative, and contrasting assessments, using theoretical frameworks ranging from realism to constructivism.  Russia’s annexation of Crimea and support for the rebellion in Ukraine’s east have ignited a heated debate over the factors shaping Russian policy in Europe. That makes this superb volume particularly timely.

Rajan Menon, City University of New York, USA

 

Roger E. Kanet is Professor of Political Science at the University of Miami. He has also taught at the University of Kansas and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.