“Roger Kanet, a respected expert on the Soviet Union and post-Soviet Russia, has assembled a stellar team of scholars, from Russia and the West, to examine Russia’s policy toward Europe.  The individual chapters offer well-researched, provocative, and contrasting assessments, using theoretical frameworks ranging from realism to constructivism.  Russia’s annexation of Crimea and support for the rebellion in Ukraine’s east have ignited a heated debate over the motivations and objectives shaping Russian policy in Europe. That makes this superb volume particularly timely.”

–Rajan Menon, Anne and Bernard Spitzer Chair in Political Science, The City College of New York, USA

This edited collection examines the factors that have contributed to the growing conflict in Eurasia between the Russian Federation and the European Union and the United States. The individual chapters, written by authors with different national backgrounds, highlightthe factors that have contributed to the emerging competition between the two sides that has culminated in the confrontation over Ukraine and Syria. It also deals with questions concerning the possible emergence of a new security environment in Europe and Eurasia.

Introduction: Challenges to the Security Environment in Eurasia.- Chapter 1: Part I: The Russian Challenge to the Security Environment in Eurasia.- Chapter 2: Preserving Peace among the Great Powers: Russia's Foreign Policy and Normative Challenges to the International Order.- Chapter 3: The Clash of Great Powers in the Post-Soviet Space: EU and Russian Foreign Policies in their Overlapping Neighborhood.- Chapter 4: A Cold Peace between Russia and the West: Did Geoeconomics fail?.- Chapter 5: The Coercive Diplomacy of Vladimir Putin (2014-2016).- Chapter 6: The Russian Federation and the West: The Problem of International Order.- Chapter 7: Russia and the Evolving Eurasian Security Order: Impact and Implications of the Ukraine Crisis.- Chapter 8: Ukraine and the Restructuring of East-West Relations.- Chapter 9: Regionalism and Multivectorism in Eurasia: The Strange Case of Ukraine.- Chapter 10: Russia and Turkey: Clash of Identities and Interests in the Syrian Conflict.- Conclusion: Russia and the Future of the Eurasian Security Environment.