This volume examines the role of Russia in the world under President Putin's rule.

When the Soviet Union disintegrated after the Cold War, Russia seemingly embarked on the establishment of a democratic political system and seemed intent on joining the liberal international order. However, under President Putin's rule, there have been dramatic shifts in Russian domestic and foreign policies, in order to re-establish itself as a great power. This book examines broad aspects of Russian political culture and threat perception, such as Russia's reaction to NATO expansion; its information warfare and energy policies; and its policy towards the Global South, especially the Middle East and Africa. The objective of the analyses is to explain the factors that influence Russian foreign policy, and to show how and why Russian relations with the European Union and the United States have deteriorated so rapidly in recent years. The volume introduces an alternative approach to the standard realist perspective, which often underlies existing analyses of Russian policy - namely, the work offers a theoretical perspective that focuses on the Russian sense of identity and on ontological security.

This book will be of much interest to students of Russian foreign policy, security studies, and International Relations.

本卷研究了普京总统统治下的俄罗斯在世界上的作用。

当苏联在冷战后解体时，俄罗斯似乎开始着手建立一个民主政治制度，并似乎打算加入自由国际秩序。然而，在普京总统的统治下，俄罗斯的国内和外交政策发生了巨大的转变，以重新确立自己的大国地位。本书研究了俄罗斯政治文化和威胁认知的广泛方面，如俄罗斯对北约扩张的反应；其信息战和能源政策；以及其对全球南方，特别是中东和非洲的政策。分析的目的是解释影响俄罗斯外交政策的因素，并说明近年来俄罗斯与欧盟和美国的关系如何以及为何如此迅速恶化。本卷引入了一种替代标准现实主义视角的方法，这种视角往往是现有俄罗斯政策分析的基础--即该著作提供了一种理论视角，该视角关注俄罗斯的认同感和本体论安全问题。

这本书将引起俄罗斯外交政策、安全研究和国际关系学生的极大兴趣。