Eurasian Regionalisms and Russian Foreign Policy

Mikhail A. Molchanov is Professor and former Chair of the Department of Political Science at St. Thomas University, Canada. His research focuses on international relations in Eurasia and international political economy of regional integration. He is a Foreign Member of the National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine.

• Chapter 1 Studying Regionalisms; Chapter 2 Regionalist Projects in Eurasia:; Chapter 3 Russia’s Foreign Policy in the Shadow of the Empire; Chapter 4 Russia and its Partners:; Chapter 5 Regionalism and Politics of Energy in Eurasia; Chapter 6 The SCO and the Sino-Russian Relationship; Chapter 7 Regionalism and Multivectorism in Eurasia;

’An erudite and thought-provoking study of the nature of Eurasian regionalism and integration projects in the context of the evolving dynamics of Russian foreign policy. This is a challenging analysis that casts aside conventional interpretations and which is essential reading for anyone trying to understand the politics of contemporary Eurasia.’ Richard Sakwa, University of Kent, UK ’...provides much food for thought on how regional integration processes are shaping up the Eurasian space. Acknowledging that both the collapse of the U.S.S.R., as well as the current politics of energy, are paramount in understanding Eurasian integration, the author has combined a New Regionalism approach with a personal assessment of Russia’s Foreign Policy.’ Luk Van Langenhove, United Nations University, Belgium