Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover -- Table of Contents -- Introduction by Andrei Melville with Tatiana Shakleina -- PART 1: DOCUMENTS -- 1. Belovezhskiie Agreements8221; (1991) -- 2. Collective Security Treaty (1992) -- 3. Charter of the Commonwealth of Independent States (1993) -- 4. Foreign Policy Conception of The Russian Federation (1993) -- 5. Agreement Between the Russian Federation, the Republic of azakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Tajikistan and the Peoples Republic of China on Confidence-Building in the Military Field in the Border Area (Shanghai Declaration8221;) (1996) -- 6. Founding Act on Mutual Relations, Cooperation and Security Between the Russian Federation and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (1997) -- 7. Union Treaty Between Belarus and Russia (1997) -- 8. Foreign Policy Conception of the Russian Federation (2000) -- 9. Military Doctrine of the Russian Federation (2000) -- 10. National Security Conception of the Russian Federation (2000) -- 11. Dushanbe Declaration by the Heads of State of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Peoples Republic of China, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, and the Republic of Tajikistan (2000) -- 12. Joint Statement by the Presidents of the Russian Federation and the United States of America on Principles of Strategic Stability (2000) -- 13. Treaty on the Establishment of the Eurasian Economic Community (2000) -- 14. Strategy for Development of Relations Between the Russian Federation and the European Union 2000-2010 (2000) -- 15. Declaration on the Creation of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (2001) -- 16. Treaty Between the Russian Federation and the United States of America on Strategic Offensive Reductions (2002) -- 17. Declaration by Heads of State and Government of the Russian Federation and NATO Member States (2002) -- PART 2: STATEMENTS -- 1. Strategy for Partnership -- 2. International Relations on the Eve of the 21st Century: Problems and Prospects -- 3. Russia at the Turn of the Millennium -- 4. Russian Foreign Policy on the Eve of the 21st Century: Problems of Formation, Development and Continuity -- 5. On the New Version of the National Security Conception of the Russian Federation -- PART 3: ANALYSIS -- 1. International Relations after the Kosovo Crisis -- 2. The Syndrome of Absorption8221; in International Politics -- 3. Russias Security in a Multipolar World -- 4. The Phenomenon of Globalization and National Security Interests -- 5. A New Turn in Russian8211;American Relations -- 6. The Russian Bridge Over the Atlantic -- 7. Back to the Concert -- 8. The Backside of Foreign Policy: Internal Factors in the System of International Ties, Obligations and Projects of the Russian Federation -- 9. Foreign Policy Therapy a la Dr Putin8221; -- 10. Putins New Course8221; Is Now Firmly Set: What Next? -- 11. The Chances and Challenges of the New World -- 12. Do We Need Reform of Russian Foreign Policy? -- About the Contributors -- Index.

Through a compilation of foreign policy documents and statements, harnessed together by a section of analytic works, this book seeks to highlight the shift in Russian foreign policy at the beginning of the twenty-first century. This compilation presents the work of formative scholars in this field who are concerned with the evolution of Russia foreign policy thinking and behavior."--Jacket