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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
MAPS
CHRONOLOGY
ABBREVIATIONS
INTRODUCTION
1
A moment of truth
The bear growls
Russia wants to be respected
Conflict and competition
Shooting down the anti-missile missiles
Need an enemy?
We are a European nation
A vision of world order?
2
On secret service
Who is Mr Putin?
Joining the elite corps
Dresden
Losing an empire
A world of make-believe
From Leningrad to St Petersburg
Moscow calling
The trauma of blackout
Climbing the ladder
Crisis management
Win or lose
Siding with the oligarchs
Prime minister
Saviour of the nation
3
Meeting Mr Putin
4
Putin’s people
Siloviki and vacuum cleaners
Corruption
All the President’s men
Lubyanka
The siloviki republic
The limits of power
5
Russian breakdown
Vestiges of empire
The charms of the Leviathan
The reasons for final failure
Containment
Soviet power goes global
The long nuclear peace
The oil curse
Strategic defeat
A revolution from above – derailed
Rising from the ashes
6
An army humbled
A claim to world power
No more military overreach
Transformation
Back in business
A military-industrial complex
Handle with care
Cold War no more
The spectre haunting Russia
NATO: strained relations
First and foremost non-proliferation
7
Crescent rising over Kazan
Defeating Ivan the Terrible
More mosques
The Soviet inheritance
How to live with Islam?
Decline
Jobs on offer
Demography is destiny
The national projects
8
Gazprom: the new currencies of power
Local touch, global reach
Downstream v. upstream in Europe
The limits of power
Europe as seen from the control room
By land, by sea and everywhere
A state corporation
Energy is destiny
Do not irritate the bear
Predictability: unpredictable
Can oil go back to USD 10?
9
Power and the people
Putin for president?
Pride and paranoia?
Remaking the past
An empire no more
Saviour of the nation
We need no opposition
The national leader
Wanted: civil society
Beyond democracy: a new public discourse
10
The pleasures of doing business with Russia
Never so close
State companies
German doubts
A strategic partner of sorts
Investing in Russia
Concern in Brussels
Politics still matters
Give me the EU telephone number
EU-Russia: managing differences
EU does not rhyme with energy
A grand bargain?
Better believe in Adam Smith
11
In search of a foreign policy
Defining the international environment
In search of enemies
Pragmatism of power
Challenges
New chessboard, old rules
We do not like NATO
Remember the Congress of Vienna
Damn my principles
New era of confrontation?
Status quo or Russia resurgent?
Pipeline politics
Another scramble for Africa
A great power
Russia Inc.
Time for a grand strategy
A country without friends
No need to get hot under the collar
Russia and the West
12
Epilogue: the making of a president
Who is Mr Medvedev?
The making of a president
The implications of Dmitry Medvedev
Russia’s national interest
POSTSCRIPT
APPENDIX
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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