The central objective of this edited volume is to help unlock a set of intriguing puzzles relating to changing power dynamics in Eurasia, a region that is critically important in the changing international security landscape.

Introduction: Power, Politics and Confrontation in Eurasia; Matthew Sussex and Roger E. KanetPART I: RUSSIAN POLITICS AND FOREIGN POLICY1. Whose Playground is it, Anyway?: Power Rivalries in Post-Soviet Space; Suzanne Loftus and Roger E. Kanet2. Putin, Nationalism and Foreign Policy; Graeme Gill3. Putin and Russian Foreign Policy Toward the West; Peter Shearman4. European Security Architecture: Fading or Adapting?; Sandra FernandesPART II: INSTITUTIONS AND ARCHITECTURE IN EURASIA5. Eurasian Integration and Dilemmas of Russian Neo-Revisionism; Richard Sakwa6. Eurasian Regionalism: Ideas and Practices; Mikhail MolchanovPART III: CONFRONTATION IN UKRAINE7. Backdrop to the Ukraine Crisis: The Revival of Normative Politics in Russia's Relations with the EU?; Joan DeBardeleben8. Russian Grand Strategy and the Ukraine Crisis: An Historical Cut; John Berryman9. Crisis in Ukraine: Clash of Civilisations or Geopolitics?; Boris BarkanovConclusion; Matthew Sussex and Roger E. Kanet