Key Players and Regional Dynamics in Eurasia

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction Russia in Eurasia: External Players and Regional Dynamics

   1. Introduction Russia in Eurasia: External Players and Regional Dynamics

      • Maria Raquel Freire, Roger E. Kanet

      Pages 1-9

3. The Russian Federation and the Greater Caspian Basin

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Russia and the CIS Region: The Russian Regional Security Complex

      • Bertil Nygren

      Pages 13-28

   3. International Rivalries in Eurasia

      • Stephen Blank

      Pages 29-54

   4. Eurasia at the Heart of Russian Politics: Dynamics of (In)Dependence in a Complex Setting

      • Maria Raquel Freire

      Pages 55-78

4. External Powers, Russia and Eurasia

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Russia and the Greater Caspian Basin: Withstanding the US Challenge

      • Roger E. Kanet

      Pages 81-102

   3. Competing for Eurasia: Russian and European Union Perspectives

      • Sandra Fernandes, Licínia Simão

      Pages 103-125

   4. Russia and China in Eurasia: The Wary Partnership

      • John Berryman

      Pages 126-145

   5. India and Central Asia

      • Amit Das Gupta

      Pages 146-163

   6. Eurasia between Russia, Turkey, and Iran

      • Mohiaddin Mesbahi

      Pages 164-192

5. Intergovernmental Organisations and Non-State Actors, Russia and Eurasia

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Senseless Dreams and Small Steps: The CIS and CSTO between Integration and Cooperation

      • Richard Sakwa

      Pages 195-214

   3. The Atlantic Alliance in Eurasia: A Different Player?

      • Alberto Priego

      Pages 215-237

   4. Intergovernmental Organisations and Non-State Actors, Russia and Eurasia: The OSCE

      • P. Terrence Hopmann

      Pages 238-270

   5. Strategic Resources, Strategic Players: The Role of National versus International Oil Companies in Post-Soviet Eurasia

      • Heidi Kjœrnet

      Pages 271-289

6. Conclusion

   1. Conclusion

      • Maria Raquel Freire, Roger E. Kanet

      Pages 290-295

7. Back Matter

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Explores Russia's re-emergence as a major actor in Central Asia and the Caucasus - a re-emergence which is limited by the involvement and influence of external state and non-state actors, including China, the USA and foreign energy companies.

• desegregation
• Europe
• European Union
• European Union (EU)
• government

• Department of International Relations, University of Coimbra, Portugal

  Maria Raquel Freire

• Department of International Studies, University of Miami, USA

  Roger E. Kanet

JOHN BERRYMAN Associate Professor in International Studies at the American Institute for Foreign Study, UK: teaches International Relations at Birkbeck College, University of London, UK STEPHEN J. BLANK expert on the Soviet bloc and the post-Soviet world at the Strategic Studies Institute's of the U.S. Army War College, USA AMIT DAS GUPTA Scientific Collaborator in the Institute for Contemporary History of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Germany SANDRA FERNANDES Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Minho, Portugal P. TERRENCE HOPMANN Professor of International Relations; Director of the Conflict Management Program at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies of The Johns Hopkins University, USA HEIDI KJÆRNET Research Fellow at the Energy Programme of the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) MOHIADDIN MESBAHI Professor of International Relations at Florida International University (FIU), Miami, FlorIda, USA and the Director of Middle East Studies Centre BERTIL NYGREN Associate Professor of Political Science at the Swedish National Defence College and at the Department of Political Science, Stockholm University, Sweden ALBERTO PRIEGO is currently teaching at the Universidad Pontificia de Comillas in Madrid, Spain RICHARD SAKWA Professor of Russian and European Politics at the University of Kent at Canterbury and an Associate Fellow of the Russia and Eurasia Programme at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, UK

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