Russian Foreign Policy in the 21st Century

JOHN BERRYMAN teaches International Relations in the Department of Politics of Birkbeck College, University of London, UK and is Associate Professor in International Studies at the American Institute for Foreign Study, London, UK JOAN DEBARDELEBEN Chancellor's Professor at the Institute of European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies, and Director of the Centre for European Studies (EU Centre of Excellence) Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada TUOMAS FORSBERG Professor of International Politics at the University of Tampere, Finland GRAEME HERD resident Faculty Member at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP), Switzerland NIKITA LOMAGIN Professor of World Economy, St. Petersburg State University, Russia SUSANNE NIES Head of the IFRI (Institut francais des relations internationales) Brussels Office, Belgium and Senior Research Fellow in the IFRI energy programme BERTIL NYGREN Associate Professor of Political Science at the Swedish National Defence College and at the Department of Political Science, Stockholm University, Sweden INGMAR OLDBERG Associate Director of Research at the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI), Sweden VLADIMIR OLEGOVICH RUKAVISHNIKOV Independent Expert-consultant ANTTI SEPPO PhD Candidate in International Relations at the University of Helsinki, Finland PETER SHEARMAN Principal Fellow in Political Science at Melbourne University, Australia METTE SKAK Associate Professor of Peace and Conflict research in the Department of Political Science, University of Aarhus, Denmark CHARLES E. ZIEGLER Professor and University Scholar in the Political Science Department at the University of Louisville, USA

After the collapse of the Soviet Union expectations were high that a 'new world order' was emerging in which Russia and the other former Soviet republics would join the Western community of nations. That has not occurred. This volume explains the reasons for this failure and assesses likely future developments in that relationshipAfter the collapse of the Soviet Union expectations were high that a 'new world order' was emerging in which Russia and the other former Soviet republics would join the Western community of nations. That has not occurred. This volume explains the reasons for this failure and assesses likely future developments in that relationship