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
Biography
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.
