ABSTRACT
This book examines the interplay between energy policy and security policy under Vladimir Putin, and his drive to re-establish Russia’s ‘greatness’.
Assessing the internal contradictions of this policy, the book argues that Russia’s desire to strengthen its role of ‘energy security’ provider is undermined by its inability to secure growth in production of oil and gas. Further, the pressing demand to channel more resources into the military-industrial complex clashes with the growing need to invest in the energy complex, and the priority granted to strategic forces deprives the conventional forces of strike power and strategic mobility.
In conclusion, the author anticipates how these contradictions could be resolved, and suggests three short scenarios for Russia’s continuing transition in the next decade.
This book will be of interest to students of Russian politics, European politics and international security.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |4 pages
Introduction
part |38 pages
Three backgrounds
chapter |11 pages
The military reform that never happened
chapter |14 pages
The oil-and-gas dividend that was too low – and has become too high
chapter |11 pages
The dream of a new ‘greatness' that has come truly false
part |36 pages
Deadlocked energy-security dilemmas
chapter |11 pages
The trickle of the oil money for the military
chapter |12 pages
Counter-terrorism and the Caspian oil games
chapter |11 pages
Alliance-building with virtual commitments and energy power
part |38 pages
Military muscle as the ultimate proof of ‘greatness'
chapter |12 pages
Virtually extended deterrence of the ‘Great Power'
chapter |12 pages
The Army and power-projection in the new ‘Empire'
chapter |12 pages
Internal order and security in the ‘Civilization'
part |46 pages
Energy power and the quest for ‘greatness'