Iver B. Neumann is Montague Burton Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics and a lifelong associate of the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs.

Preface to the Second Edition

Chapter One: Approach and Pre-History

Chapter Two: The Napoleonic Wars and the Decembrist Uprising

Chapter Three: Official Nationality, 'Slavophiles', 'Westernisers'

Chapter Four: From the Springtime of Nations to the Assassination of Tsar Alexander II

Chapter Five: From the Assassination of Tsar Alexander II to the First World War

Chapter Six: From the First World War to Destalinisation

From the November coup to the Russo-Polish War

From the Russo-Polish to the Second World War

Chapter Seven: From Destalinisation to Perestroyka

From destalinisation to the ouster of Khrushchev

From the ouster of Khrushchev to perestroyka

Chapter Eight: From Perestroyka to Putin's Russia

Perestroyka

After perestroyka: the 1990s

Putin's Russia

Conclusion

The end of the Soviet system and the transition to the market in Russia, coupled with the inexorable rise of nationalism, brought to the fore the centuries-old debate about Russia's relationship with Europe. In this revised and updated second edition of Russia and the Idea of Europe, Iver Neumann discusses whether the tensions between self-referencing nationalist views and Europe-orientated liberal views can ever be resolved.
Drawing on a wide range of Russian sources, this book retains the broad historical focus of the previous edition and picks up from where the it off in the early 1990s, bringing the discussion fully up to date. Discussing theoretical and political developments, it relates the existing story of Russian identity formation to new foreign policy analysis and the developments in the study of nationalism. The book also offers an additional focus on post-Cold War developments. In particular it examines the year 2000, when Putin succeeded Yeltsin as president, and 2014, when Russian foreign policy turned from cooperation to confrontation.
Bringing to life the various debates surrounding this complicated relationship in an accessible and clear manner, this book continues to be a unique and vital resource for both students and scholars of international relations.