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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Anita OrbanPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.539kg ISBN: 9780313352225ISBN 10: 0313352224 Pages: 264 Publication Date: 30 September 2008 Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsAcknowledgement Names of Most Frequently Mentioned Companies CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION A conflict of interests: the Russian angle CHAPTER II: THEORETICAL BACKGROUND CHAPTER III: INTRODUCING THE INDEPENDENT VARIABLES III.1. Russian Perceptions About Relative Power Distribution III.2. State Power III.3. Predictions Based on the Hypotheses CHAPTER IV: PLANTING THE SEEDS - RUSSIAN ENERGY COMPANIES IV.1.1. Perceptions and State Power IV.1.2. Russian Foreign Policy towards Central Europe IV.2. Facing NATO Enlargement: 1993-1996 IV.2.1. Perceptions and State Power IV.2.2. Russian Foreign Policy towards Central Europe IV.2.3. Conduct of Russian Energy Companies in Central Europe IV.3. Against a Unipolar World: 1996-1998 IV.3.1. Perceptions and State Power IV.3.2. Russian Foreign Policy towards Central Europe IV.3.3. Russian Energy Companies in the Region IV.4. Instability and Uncertainty: 1998-2000 IV.4.1. Perceptions and State Power IV.4.2. Russian Foreign Policy toward Central Europe IV.4.3. Russian Energy Companies Conduct in the Region CHAPTER V: CONSOLIDATING STATE POWER - RUSSIAN ENERGY COMPANIES EXPANSION INTO CENTRAL EUROPE DURING THE FIRST PUTIN PRESIDENCY, 2000-2004 V.1. Perceptions and State Power V.2. Russian Foreign Policy toward Central Europe Diplomatic Relations V.3. Russian Energy Companies Conduct in the Region CHAPTER VI: HARVEST AND OBSTACLES - RUSSIAN ENERGY COMPANIES EXPANSION INTO CENTRAL EUROPE DURING THE SECOND PUTIN PRESIDENCY (2004-2008) VI.1. Perceptions and State Power VI.2. Russian Foreign Policy toward Central Europe VI.3. Russian Energy Companies Conduct in the Region CHAPTER VII: CONCLUSION BIBLIOGRAPHYReviewsThis remarkable book is a wake-up call not only for U.S. policymakers, but for leaders of the European Union as well. Most of all, it should be read and its recommendations adopted by Government leaders in the nations recently admitted to the E.U. It is must reading for all who want to better understand the threat presented by Russian Imperialism. -Ambassador George Herbert Walker, Former U.S. Ambassador to Hungary ""Anita Orban has written a pioneering study of the way the government of Russia uses its energy resources as an instrument of foreign policy. This strategy presents many dangers to the West, and she also suggests ways of neutralizing it.""-Richard Pipes, Professor of History, Emeritus, Harvard University ""Anita Orban's timely book about the relationship between Central Europe and Russia is theoretically sophisticated, empirically rich, thoughtful, well-written, and, best of all, provocative.""-Rawi Abdelal, Professor, Harvard Business School ""Important and timely, Ms. Orban's careful and illuminating study of Russian energy policies, and their geopolitical implications, is essential reading for European and American policymakers.""-Robert Kagan, Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace ""This remarkable book is a wake-up call not only for U.S. policymakers, but for leaders of the European Union as well. Most of all, it should be read and its recommendations adopted by Government leaders in the nations recently admitted to the E.U. It is must reading for all who want to better understand the threat presented by Russian Imperialism.""-Ambassador George Herbert Walker, Former U.S. Ambassador to Hungary Anita Orban's timely book about the relationship between Central Europe and Russia is theoretically sophisticated, empirically rich, thoughtful, well-written, and, best of all, provocative. -Rawi Abdelal, Professor, Harvard Business School Important and timely, Ms. Orban's careful and illuminating study of Russian energy policies, and their geopolitical implications, is essential reading for European and American policymakers. -Robert Kagan, Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Anita Orban has written a pioneering study of the way the government of Russia uses its energy resources as an instrument of foreign policy. This strategy presents many dangers to the West, and she also suggests ways of neutralizing it. -Richard Pipes, Professor of History, Emeritus, Harvard University This remarkable book is a wake-up call not only for U.S. policymakers, but for leaders of the European Union as well. Most of all, it should be read and its recommendations adopted by Government leaders in the nations recently admitted to the E.U. It is must reading for all who want to better understand the threat presented by Russian Imperialism. -Ambassador George Herbert Walker, Former U.S. Ambassador to Hungary Author InformationAnita Orban is the Executive Vice President of the International Center for Democratic Transition in Budapest. She is a foreign affairs columnist for Heti Valasz, one of Hungary's leading political weeklies, and served as the editor of its foreign affairs section. She has advanced degrees in international relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, and has taught at various universities in Budapest. Fluent in English, Russian, German, and Hungarian, Orban is a frequent speaker on foreign policy issues and contributor to journals published in Hungary, Poland, Estonia, and the UK. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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