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| Contents |
1. Introduction: near or temporary abroad? -- Original sins -- Gorbachev's Sinatra doctrine: "I couldn't do it my way" -- Yeltsin's strategic intoxication -- From Russia without love: perspectives on Eastern Europe -- Inspector Putin takes charge -- From confusion to concentration: Russian decision making -- 2. Russia's foreign policy arsenal -- Targeted zones and goals -- Diplomatic pressures -- Propaganda attacks -- Disinformation campaigns -- Military threats -- Peacekeeping deployments -- Energy controls -- Economic leverage -- Exploiting ethnic divisions -- Inflaming social discontent -- Discrediting governments -- Political influence -- Supporting isolationist groupings -- Manipulating criminal networks -- Penetrating intelligence services -- 3. Retaining a union: Belarus and Kaliningrad -- Great power syndromes -- Sober calculations: Putin and the CIS -- Belarus -- Kaliningrad -- 4. Regaining a commonwealth: Ukraine and moldova -- Ukraine -- Moldova -- 5. Blocking Western encroachment: the Baltic states -- Small is not beautiful: Russia's Baltic conundrum -- Estonia -- Latvia -- Lithuania -- 6. Neutralizing the core: Central Europe -- A bridge too far: Central Europe on Russia's map -- Poland -- Hungary -- Czech Republic -- Slovakia -- 7. Exploiting crises: Adriatic Balkans -- No pain, no gain: Russia's Balkan ambitions -- Slovenia and Croatia -- Bosnia-Hercegovina -- Kosovo and Albania -- Serbia -- Montenegro -- Macedonia -- 8. Exporting influence: Black Sea Balkans -- Bulgaria -- Romania -- Putin's Balkan initiatives -- 9. Conclusions: looking ahead -- Obsessive-compulsive: Russia and East Europe -- Bipolar disorder: Russia and the United States -- Post-traumatic stress: Russian futures -- Containment and preemption. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-289) and index. |
| LCCN | 2004011886 |
| ISBN | 0275983625 (alk. paper) |
