Key Players and Regional Dynamics in Eurasia The Return of the 'Great Game' [Hardcover]

Explores Russia's re-emergence as a major actor in Central Asia and the Caucasus - a re-emergence which is limited by the involvement and influence of external state and non-state actors, including China, the USA and foreign energy companies.Introduction Russia in Eurasia: External Players and Regional Dynamics; M.R.Freire & R.E.Kanet PART I: THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND THE GREATER CASPIAN BASIAN Russia and the CIS Region: The Russian Regional Security Complex; B.Nygren International Rivalries in Eurasia; S.Blank Eurasia at the Heart of Russian Politics: Dynamics of (In)Dependence in a Complex Setting; M.R.Freire PART II: EXTERNAL POWERS, RUSSIA AND EURASIA Russia and the Greater Caspian Basin: Withstanding the U.S. Challenge; R.E.Kanet Competing for Eurasia: Russian and European Union Perspectives; S.Fernandes & ?L.Sim?o Russia and China in Eurasia: The Wary Partnership; J.Berryman India and Central Asia; A.D.Gupta Eurasia between Russia, Turkey and Iran; M.Mesbahi PART III: INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS AND NON-STATE ACTORS, RUSSIA AND EURASIA Senseless Dreams and Small Steps: The CIS and CSTO Between Integration and Cooperation; R.Sakwa The Atlantic Alliance in Eurasia: A Different Player?; A.Priego Intergovernmental Organisations and Non-State Actors, Russia and Eurasia: The OSCE; P.T.Hopmann Strategic Resources, Strategic Players: The Role of National versus International Oil Companies in Post-Soviet Eurasia; H.Kj?rnet Conclusion; M.R.FreireJOHN BERRYMAN Associate Professor in International Studies at the American Institute for Foreign Study, UK: teaches International Relations at Birkbeck College, University of London, UKSTEPHEN J. BLANK expert on the Soviet bloc and the post-Soviet world at the Strategic Studies Institute's of the U.S. Army War College, USAAMIT DAS GUPTA Scientific Collaborator in the Institute for Contemporary History of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of GermanySANDRA FERNANDES Lecturer in International Relations at the University ló©