Russia's identity in international relations : images, perceptions, misperceptions - Taras, Ray, 1946- (2012)
The power of images and the images of power: past and present identity in Russia's international relations / Ray Taras -- Mirror, mirror...: myth-making, self-images and views of the US "Other" in contemporary Russia / Bo Petersson -- Russia in international society over the longue durée: lessons from early Rus' and early post-Soviet state formation / Iver B. Neumann -- The "Varangian problem": science in the grip of ideology and politics / Elena Melnikova -- Russian and European mutual perceptions: foreign policy stereotypes in historical perspective / Aleksander V. Golubev -- Russia and the West in the 2000s: redefining Russian identity in official political discourse / Olga Malinova -- Constructing Russophobia / Valentina Feklyunina -- Images, metaphors, and power: reinventing the grammar of Russian trans-border regionalism / Andrey S. Makarychev -- The embarrassing Russian connection: selective memory of the Russian heritage in contemporary Poland / Tomasz Zaryck.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Identity politics -- Russia (Federation); Russians -- Ethnic identity; Russia (Federation) -- Foreign relations; Russia (Federation) -- Foreign public opinion; Russia (Federation) -- Foreign relations -- Western countries; Western countries -- Foreign relations -- Russia (Federation)