Books

Russia's Foreign Policy: Change and Continuity in National Identity. Lanham, New York: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 2006 (Russian expanded edition, 2008).

Sociology of International Relations: Theory Formation in Russia and the West (with Pavel A. Tsygankov) Moscow: Aspekt Press, 2006, 238 pp. (in Russian, cloth; Chinese edition in preparation).  

New Directions in Russian International Studies (co-edited with Pavel A. Tsygankov), a special issue of Communist and Post-Communist Studies, 2004, Vol. 36, No. 1 (German edition, 2005; Russian expanded edition, 2005; Chinese edition in preparation).

Whose World Order? Russia's Perception of American Ideas after the Cold War. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2004.

Pathways after Empire. National Identity and Foreign Economic Policy in the Post-Soviet World. Lanham, New York: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 2001. 237 pp.

Modern Political Regimes: Structure, Typology, and Dynamics. Moscow: Interprax, 1995. 296 pp. (In Russian).

Articles in Academic Journals / Book Chapters

“Russia's International Assertiveness: What Does It Mean for the West?” Problems of Post-Communism, 2008, Vol. 55, No. 2, March-April.

“Russia’s Interests and Objectives in East Asia,” in Northeast Asia and the Two Koreas, edited by Hyung-Kook Kim, Myongsob Kim and Amitav Acharya. Seoul: Yonsei University Press, 2008.

“A Sociology of Dependence in International Relations Theory: A Case of Russian Liberal IR” (with Pavel Tsygankov), International Political Sociology, 2007. Vol. 1, No. 4, December.

“Modern at Last? Variety of Weak States in the Post-Soviet World,” Communist and Post-Communist Studies, 2007. Vol. 50, No. 4, December.  

“Two Faces of Putin’s Great Power Pragmatism,” a special issue of Soviet and Post-Soviet Review “Perspectives on Putin”, edited by William A. Clark, 2008. Vol. 33, No. 1, Winter.

“Finding a Civilizational Idea: ‘West’, ‘Eurasia’ and ‘Euro-East’ in Russia’s Foreign Policy,” Geopolitics, 2007, Vol. 12, No. 3.

"Russophobia," (in Russian) International Trends, 2006. Vol. 4, No. 3, August-December.

“Putin and Foreign Policy,” book chapter, forthcoming in Putin’s Russia, edited by Dale R. Herspring. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers,  the 3d edition, 2007.

“If Not by Tanks, then by Banks? The Role of Soft Power in Putin’s Foreign Policy,” Europe-Asia Studies, 2006. Vol. 58, No. 7, November, pp. 1079-1099.

"Projecting Confidence, Not Fear: Russia's Post-Imperial Assertiveness," Orbis: A Journal of World Affairs, 2006. Vol. 50, No. 4, Fall, pp. 677-690.

“Russia’s Interests and Objectives in East Asia,” Korea Observer, 2006. Vol. 37, No. 3 Fall 2006.

“Vladimir Putin’s Vision of Russia as a Normal Great Power,” Post-Soviet Affairs, 2005. Vol. 21, No. 2.

“New Challenges for Putin’s Foreign Policy,” Orbis: A Journal of World Affairs, 2006. Vol. 50, No. 1, Winter, pp. 153-165.

“The Return to Eurasia: Russia’s Identity and Geoeconomic Choices in the Post-Soviet World,” in Economic Nationalism in a Globalizing World, edited by E. Helleiner and A. Pickel. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2005, pp. 44-68.

“New Directions in Russian International Studies: Pluralization, Westernization, and Isolationism”, “Dilemmas and Promises of Russian Liberalism” (with Pavel A. Tsygankov) Communist and Post-Communist Studies, 2004. Vol. 37, No. 1, pp. 1-18 (a Russian version appeared in: Mezhdunarodnyye Protsessy, 2003. Vol. 1, No. 3; reprinted in Mirovaya politika: teoriya, metodologiya, prikladnoi analiz, edited by A. V. Kokoshin and A. D. Bogaturov. Moskva, 2005).  

“The Irony of Western Ideas in a Multicultural World: Russia’s Intellectual Engagements with the ‘End of History’ and ‘Clash of Civilizations,” International Studies Review, 2003. Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 53-77.

“Mastering Space in Eurasia: Russian Geopolitical Thinking after the Soviet Break-Up,” Communist and Post-Communist Studies, 2003. Vol. 35, No. 1, pp. 101-127 (a Russian version appeared in Voprosy Filosofiyi, 2003, No. 10).

“Rediscovering National Interest after the ‘End of History’: Fukuyama, Russian Intellectuals, and a Post-Cold War Order,” International Politics, 2002. Vol. 39, No. 4, pp. (reprinted in Foreign Policy of Major Powers: Politics and Diplomacy Since World War II, edited by L. Pettiford, O. Worth, P. Moore, P. Eadie, and C. White. Vol. 2. Soviet Union and Russia. London: I. B. Tauris, 2005; a Russian version appeared in: Voprosy Filosofiyi, 2002, No. 8 (reviewed in Kontinent, 2003, No. 115, magazines.russ.ru/continent).

“The Culture of Economic Security: National Identity and Politico-Economic Ideas in the Post-Soviet World,” International Politics, 2002. Vol. 39, No. 2, pp. 153-173 (a Russian version appeared in: Voprosy Filosofiyi, 2001, No. 11).

“The Final Triumph of the Pax Americana? Western Intervention in Yugoslavia and Russia’s Debate On the Post-Cold War Order,” Communist and Post-Communist Studies, 2001. Vol. 33, No. 3, pp. 133-156 (leading article) (reviewed in NATO Review, 2004, No. 4, http://www.nato.int/docu/review).

“Pluralism or Isolation of Civilizations? Russia’s Foreign Policy Discourse and the Reception of Huntington’s Paradigm of the Post-Cold War World,” (with Pavel A. Tsygankov) Geopolitics, 2000, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 47-72 (a Russian version appeared in: Voprosy Filosofiyi, 1998, No. 2; also reprinted in The New Generation. Russian Periodical in Social Sciences, 1998, No. 2)

“Trade Dependence, National Autonomy, and the Policy Dilemmas in the Relations of the Western Newly Independent States and Russia,” a special issue of Soviet and Post-Soviet Review, edited by John P. Willerton, 2000, Vol. 25, No. 3, pp. 223-43 (leading article) (a Russian version appeared in: Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta, 2000, No. 2, April).

“Defining State Interests After Empire: National Identity, Domestic Structures, and Foreign Trade Policies of Latvia and Belarus,” Review of International Political Economy, 2000. Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 101-137.

“Manifestations of Delegative Democracy in Russian Local Politics — What Does It Mean for the Future of Russia?” Communist and Post-Communist Studies, 1998. Vol. 30, No. 4, pp. 329-344.

“Hard-line Eurasianism and Russia’s Contending Geopolitical Perspectives,” East European Quarterly, 1998. Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 315-334 (reprinted in Encyclopedia.com and highbeam.com/library).

“From Liberal Internationalism to Revolutionary Expansionism: The Foreign Policy Discourse of Contemporary Russia,” Mershon International Studies Review, November 1997. Vol. 41, Supplement 2, pp. 247-268 (reprinted in Czech Republic’s academic journal Politologicky casopis, published by International Institute for Political Studies of the Masaryk University in Brno, 1999, Vol. 6, No. 1).

“Strategic Choices Facing Russian Democrats,” Problems of Post-Communism, Washington, DC, March-April 1995. Vol. 42, No. 2, pp. 49-53.

“Zhirinovski’s Strategy to Succeed Yeltsin,” Demokratizatsiya. The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization, Washington, DC, 1994. Vol. 2, No. 4, pp. 537-548.

Other Publications

“How to Study World Politics?” in Russian, presentation at a round table on world politics, Polis, 2005, No. 4.

“Russia in the Caucasus: Is Soft Power Part of the Game?” a paper published by the Caucasus and Central Asia Program Newsletter, UC Berkeley, Issue 7, Fall 2005, forthcoming.

Russia: Profile of Major Political Parties in 1994. Washington, DC: The George Washington University, Program on Transition to Democracy, March 1994. 45 pp.

The Ruling Regime in Post-Soviet Russia: Social Bases, Political Trends, and Prospects. in Russian. Moscow: Moscow State Institute for International Relations Press, 1993. 92 pp.

Professional Conference and Seminar Papers

“Do Rationalists Have a Theory of Foreign Policy? Understanding Russia’s Strategic Choices after the Cold War,” a paper delivered at the panel “Empire and Imperialism in a World of States” (Chair: C. Elman), 46^th Annual International Studies Association Convention, Hawaii, USA, March 3, 2005.

“Between West and Eurasia: Russia’s Contested Identity and Strategic Choices after the Cold War,” a paper deliver at The University of Chicago’s Program on International Politics, Economics, and Security (PIPES), (co-directors: C. Lipson and D. Snidal), February 19, 2004.

“The Return to Eurasia: Russia’s Identity and Geoeconomic Choices in the Post-Soviet World,” a paper delivered at the panel “Rethinking Economic Nationalism” (Chair: E. Helleiner), 44^th Annual International Studies Association Convention, Portland, USA, February 24-28, 2003.

“The Return to Eurasia: Russia’s Spatial Imagination and Economic Nationalism after the Cold War,” a paper presented at the Trent IPE Centre workshop “Rethinking Economic Nationalism (Co-chairs: E. Helleiner and A. Pickel),” Trent University, Peterborough, Canada, August 24-25, 2002.

A discussant on the panel “International Institutions and Security Architecture in Eastern and Central Europe” (Chair: S. Tkachenko), 43^nd Annual International Studies Association Convention, New Orleans, USA, March 21-24, 2002.

“From Confrontation to ‘Normalization’ in Russia-Ukraine Economic Relations, 1992-1998: Beyond Structural Explanations,” a paper delivered at the panel “Economic Negotiations: Why They Matter” (Chair: T. Hopmann), 43^nd Annual International Studies Association Convention, New Orleans, USA, March 21-24, 2002.

“Ideas, Culture, and Moral Responsibility. Fukuyama’s Troubled Engagement with Russia,” a paper delivered at tha panel “Russia and Eastern Europe” (Chair: L. Rakanska), 42^nd Annual International Studies Association Convention, Chicago, IL, 18-24 February 2001.

“Farewell to the Empire? National Identity and Varieties of State Foreign Economic Policies in the Former Soviet Region,” a paper delivered at a panel on Russia and Post-Soviet States (Chair: K. Dawisha), 40^th Annual International Studies Association Convention “Building Foundations for Dialogue,” Washington, DC, 16-20 February 1999.

“National Identity, Domestic Structures, and Foreign Trade Policies of the Ex-Soviet Republics: A Focused Comparison of Latvia and Belarus,” a paper delivered at the panel “Culture and International Political Economy” (Chair: C. Lynch), 39^th Annual International Studies Association Convention “The Westphalian System in Global and Historical Perspective,” Minneapolis, Minnesota, 17-22 March 1998.  

“The Newly Independent States and Strategies of Restructuring Trade Patterns After the Soviet Break-Up: Markets, Power, and National Identities as Sources of Policy Differences,” a paper delivered at  38^th Annual International Studies Association Convention, Toronto, 19-23 March 1997.

“Russia’s role in Ukraine’s domestic crisis: the factor of energy resources,” a paper delivered at 35^th Annual International Studies Association Convention, Washington, DC, 28 March 1-April 1994.

“U.S.-Russian Cooperation in 1991-1994: Missed Opportunities,” a paper delivered at 10th annual summer faculty institute on world security affairs “The Eurasian Powderkeg: Ethnic, Inter-republic, and regional conflicts in the former Soviet Union,” Hampshire College, June 6-10, 1994.

“Foreign Policy Platforms of Russian Political Groups During the 1993 Election Campaign: Comparative Analysis,” a paper delivered at the conference “Northeast Asia and Russia”, Washington, DC, The George Washington University, March 17-18, 1994.