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Russian foreign policy in Eurasia : national interests and regional integration /

How do we interpret Russia's foreign policy in the South Caucasus? What is the relevance of this policy in the creation of the Eurasian Union? Is the Russia-centered regional integration project meant to contribute toward reestablishing Russian domination over former Soviet space? Employing a c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Arakelyan, Lilia A. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2018.
Series:Post-Soviet politics.
Subjects:
Eurasian Union.
Russia (Federation) > Foreign relations.
Russia (Federation) > Foreign relations > Caucasus, South.
Caucasus, South > Foreign relations > Russia (Federation)
Regionalism > Eurasia.
Table of Contents:
  • After the collapse
  • Russia's foreign policy in the South Caucasus since 1991
  • How do the South Caucasian cases affect the analysis of Russia's foreign policy?
  • Examining Moscow's international relations from a pluralist perspective
  • The perplexing power of Russia's relations with its neighbors
  • The constructivist moment in Russian post-Soviet foreign policy
  • Am I a trembling creature, or do I have the right?
  • Neoclassical realism
  • International regime theories
  • Eurasian integration vs. European integration
  • Conclusion
  • Russian foreign policy in the South Caucasus: the logic of historical explanation
  • The main theoretical debates about the Russia's foreign policies
  • In the South Caucasus and the creation of the Eurasian union
  • Russia at the caucasian gates
  • The neoclassical realist explanation
  • The Caucasus and the Russian empire
  • The history of Russia's foreign policy in the South Caucasus
  • Catherine the Great and the national interest of Russia
  • Tsarist expansion into the South Caucasus
  • The South Caucasus on the eve of the creation of USSR
  • The rise of nationalism in the South Caucasus
  • Conclusion
  • Testing regime theories in the post-soviet space
  • The realist explanation of the creation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
  • The first pancake is always lumpy
  • Interest-based theories of international regime
  • From the customs union to the Eurasian Union
  • Keohane's contractualist theory-not all regimes are created equally
  • The structure, function and effect of the Eurasian economic union
  • The functional theory falsifies Russia's foreign policy in the South Caucasus
  • Conclusion
  • Conclusion: did Russia restore its hegenomy in Eurasia?
  • Russian foreign policy in the South Caucasus explained
  • Russian policy towards Armenia
  • Why Armenia joined the Eurasian union
  • Russian policy toward Azerbaijan
  • Russian policy toward Georgia
  • Explaining variables
  • Alternative theory international regime theories rejected
  • Limitations and recommendations for future research
  • The future of the South Caucasus.