Section I. Russian politics and foreign policy -- Whose playground is it, anyway? Power rivalries in post-Soviet space / Suzanne Loftus and Roger E. Kanet -- Putin, nationalism and foreign policy / Graeme Gill -- Putin and Russian foreign policy toward the west / Peter Shearman -- European security architecture: fading or adapting? / Sandra Fernandes -- Section II. Institutions and architecture in Eurasia -- Eurasian integration and dilemmas of Russian neo-revisionism / Richard Sakwa -- Eurasian regionalism: ideas and practices / Mikhail Molchanov -- Section III. Confrontation in Ukraine -- Backdrop to the Ukraine crisis: the revival of normative politics in Russia's relations with the EU? / Joan DeBardeleben -- Russian grand strategy and the Ukraine crisis: an historical cut / John Berryman -- Crisis in Ukraine: clash of civilisations or geopolitics? / Boris Barkanov -- Conclusion / Matthew Sussex and Roger E. Kanet
