1st Edition

Regional Leadership in Post-Soviet Eurasia The Strategies of Russia, China, and the European Union

Edited By Irina Busygina, Svetlana Krivokhizh Copyright 2023
180 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

180 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

180 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book explores power in international relations, in a world characterized by the growing competition of major powers for smaller nations. Focusing on the major powers and smaller countries of Eurasia, it argues that power in international relations is different from coercion and is rather a social contract between a leader state and follower states where reciprocity is key and where... Read more

Introduction

Irina Busygina and Svetlana Krivokhizh

Chapter 1

Conceptualizing regional leadership

Irina Busygina and Svetlana Krivokhizh

Chapter 2

Complex Interaction of Leadership Projects in Post-Soviet Eurasia

Ivan S. Grigoriev

Chapter 3

The Road to War: How Russia Has Lost the Chances for Leadership in Post-Soviet Eurasia

Irina Busygina and Mikhail Filippov

Chapter 4

"Crossing the River by Touching the Stones": China’s Leadership Strategy in Eurasia

Svetlana Krivokhizh and Elena Soboleva

Chapter 5

What Does the European Union’s Leadership Programme for Eurasia Consist of?

Anna A. Dekalchuk and Ivan S. Grigoriev

Chapter 6

Following Externals or Leading Internals? Kazakhstan as the Non-Follower with Leadership Ambitions of Its Own

Zhanibek Arynov

Chapter 7

The South Caucasus: a Challenge and an Opportunity. Russia, EU and China’s Prospects for Regional Leadership

Anna Ayvazyan

 

Chapter 8

From a Hesitant to an Assumed Leader? EU Role Conception and Eastern Partners’ Perceptions

Laure Delcour

Conclusion

Biography

Irina Busygina is a Visiting Scholar at the Davis Center at Harvard University, USA 

Svetlana Krivokhizh is an Associate Professor at the Department of Asian and African Studies, Higher School of Economics in Saint Petersburg, Russia