This volume seeks to explore Russia's perceptions of the changing international system in the twenty-first century and evaluate the determinants of Russian motives, roles and strategies towards a number of contemporary regional and global issues. The chapters of the volume discuss various aspects of Russian foreign policy with regard to key actors like the U.S., EU and China; international organizations such as the BRICS, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Eurasian Economic Union and Collective Security Treaty Organization; and a number of regional conflicts including Ukraine and Syria. The contributors seek to understand how the discourses of "anti-Westernism" and "post-Westernism" are employed in the redefinition of Russia's relations with the other actors of the international system and how Russia perceives the concept of "regional hegemony," particularly in the former Soviet space and the Middle East.

Emel Parlar Dal is Associate Professor in the Department of International Relations at Marmara University, Turkey.

Emre Ersen is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Marmara University, Turkey.

Emel Parlar Dal is Associate Professor in the Department of International Relations at Marmara University, Turkey.

Emre Eren is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Marmara University, Turkey. 

10.Russia's Power Politics towards Ukraine: Social Status Concerns and the Role of Emotions

Regina HELLER

11.Russia's New Policy towards Aspiring Political Movements and Unrecognized States 

Victor JEIFETS & Nikolay DOBRONRAVIN

12.Russia's Modern Foreign Policy Tools in Crimea and Syria 

Philipp CASULA

13.Assessing Russia's Middle East Policy after the Arab Uprisings: Prospects and Limitations 

Alexey KHLEBNIKOV