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Russia, Eurasia and the
New Geopolitics of Energy
Confrontation and Consolidation
Edited by
Matthew Sussex
Head of Politics and International Relations, University of Tasmania, Australia
and
Roger E. Kanet
Professor of Political Science, University of Miami, USA
Selection, introduction, conclusion and editorial matter © Matthew Sussex and
Roger E. Kanet 2015
Remaining chapters © Contributors 2015
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Contents
List of Illustrations vii
Preface and Acknowledgements viii
Notes on Contributors x
Introduction: Russia, Eurasia and the New Geopolitics of Energy 1
Roger E. Kanet and Matthew Sussex
Part I The Geopolitics of Eurasia:
Growing East–West Confrontation
1 From Retrenchment to Revanchism ... and Back Again?
Russian Grand Strategy in the Eurasian ‘Heartland’ 19
Matthew Sussex
2 Is Russia’s Foreign Policy ‘Schizophrenic’? 42
Dina Moulioukova
3 Quo Vadis, Armenia? The South Caucasus and
Great Power Politics 6 4
Lilia A. Arakelyan
Part II Resource Diplomacy and
Energy Security in Eurasia
4 Sovereignty, Security and Intervention in Central Asia 91
Charles E. Ziegler
5 Great Power Foreign Relations in Central Asia: Competition,
Cooperation and Congruence 112
Ellen B. Pirro
6 Foreign Policy Preferences of Russia’s Energy Sector:
A Shift to Asia? 137
Nikita A. Lomagin
7 Authoritarianism, Energy and Ideas in Central Asia:
From Politics and Pipelines to Foreign Policy 166
Wayne McLean
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8 Balance of Power Shifts and Energy Interests in Central Asia? 189
Rémi B. Piet
9 Living the ‘Chinese Dream’ in the ‘Russkiy Mir’:
Central Asia between Sino-Russian Strategic Trilemmas? 208
Graeme P. Herd
Conclusion 2 34
Matthew Sussex and Roger E. Kanet
Index 243
List of Illustrations
Figure
6.1 Russia’s export of natural gas to Europe, 2005–2013,
in billion cubic metres (bcm) 149
Tables
5.1 Basic figures for Central Asian nations 1 14
5.2 United States aid to Central Asian nations, 2013 1 26
5.3 Trade statistics for Central Asian nations 1 29
6.1 The significance of oil and gas exports to the
Russian economy 141
6.2 Oil and gas sector development scenarios in East Siberia
and Yakutia, 2015–2025 145
6.3 Supply by the largest gas exporters in billion
cubic metres (bcm) 151
6.4 Russia’s identity in foreign policy concepts, 1993–2013 1 52
6.5 Perception of the EU and China in Russia,
September 26–29, 2014 158
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Preface
The editors wish to thank the authors of the chapters that comprise
this volume for their central role in the project, for the quality of
their analyses, their positive responses to suggestions for revision and
updating to strengthen the quality of their contributions. The idea for
this volume and its companion, titled P ower, Politics and Confrontation in
Eurasia: Foreign Policy in a Contested Area emerged along with preparations
for an ISA- (International Studies Association) supported daylong work-
shop entitled ‘Actors, Processes and Architecture in the Contemporary
Eurasian Order: Political, Economic and Security Challenges’, organised
by Matthew Sussex and held immediately prior to the annual ISA meet-
ings in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on Tuesday, 25 March 2014. Most of
the contributors to this and the companion volume were able to share
their views and comment on one another’s papers at that workshop,
thereby helping to sharpen the focus of the chapters and the collec-
tion. They wish to express their special appreciation to the International
Studies Association for the funding that made this workshop a reality.
These two volumes are part of an informal series of books 1 dealing
with Russian foreign and security policy published over the course of
the past decade in which many of the contributors to this volume have
been involved. In most cases the volumes evolved much as this one,
from a group of integrated papers originally prepared for and presented
at a workshop or set of conference panels, during which the authors
were able to share their ideas and contribute to the depth and quality
of the analysis. Through these interactive sessions we have emerged as
something of an informal research group and, more important, have
produced an increasingly comprehensive picture of the foreign and
security policy of the Russian Federation.
On behalf of the authors and ourselves, we wish to thank, as well, the
many others who have contributed to the publication of this volume, in
particular the editorial and production staff of Palgrave Macmillan, the
anonymous readers consulted by the publisher, and the the Institute for
the Study of Social Change at the University of Tasmania for funds to
prepare the index. Their contributions have helped to ensure the quality
of the book.
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Note
1 . The projects that were referred to include the following: Roger E. Kanet and
Rémi B. Piet (eds) (2014) S hifting Priorities in Russia’s Foreign and Security Policy.
Farnham, UK: Ashgate Publishing; Roger E. Kanet and Maria Raquel Freire,
Guest Editors (2012) R ussia in the New International Order: Theories, Arguments,
Debates. A special issue of International Politics , 49(4), (July), 393–529; Maria
Raquel Freire and Roger E. Kanet (eds) (2012) R ussia and Its Near Neighbours.
Houndmills, UK: Palgrave Macmillan; Roger E. Kanet and Maria Raquel Freire
(eds) (2012) C ompeting for Influence: The EU and Russia in Post-Soviet Eurasia.
Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Republic of Letters Publishing; Roger E. Kanet
and Maria Raquel Freire (eds) (2012) R ussia and European Security. Dordrecht,
The Netherlands: Republic of Letters Publishing; Roger E. Kanet (ed.) (2010)
Russian Foreign Policy in the Twenty-first Century. Houndmills, UK: Palgrave
Macmillan; Maria Raquel Freire and Roger E. Kanet (eds) (2010) K ey Players
and Regional Dynamics in Eurasia: The Return of the ‘Great Game’ , Houndmills,
UK: Palgrave Macmillan; Roger E. Kanet (ed.) (2009) A Resurgent Russia and
the West: The European Union, NATO and Beyond . Dordrecht, The Netherlands:
Republic of Letters Publishing; Roger E. Kanet (ed.) (2007) R ussia, Re-Emerging
Great Power . Houndmills, UK: Palgrave Macmillan; and Roger E. Kanet (ed.)
(2005) T he New Security Environment. The Impact on Russia, Central and Eastern
Europe . Aldershot, UK/Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing.
