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Russian-European Relations in the Balkans and Black Sea Region; Acknowledgement; Contents; List of Figures; 1 Russian-European Relations: An "Unexpected" Crisis; Notes; 2 Greatness, Identity, and Method; 2.1 Great Power: Material and Ideational Dimensions; 2.2 Constructivism and Two Conceptualisations of Identity; 2.3 Representational Identity and Discourse Analysis: Some Dilemmas; 2.4 My Eclectic Analytical Approach; 2.5 An Anthropology of National Identity; 2.6 Method and Outline; Notes; 3 Writing Russianness, Greatness and Europe in the 1960s
3.1 Holy Grail and Promised Land: The Balkans and the Black Sea in Russian Identity3.1.1 The Black Sea and the Balkans as a Holy Grail of Russia; 3.1.2 The Promised Land: Eternal North-to-South Movement; 3.2 Russian Selves and European Others: Relational Identity Construction; 3.2.1 Russia's Triple Self and Triple Gap Between Soviet Adult and Soviet Youth; 3.2.2 Multiple European Others; 3.3 Conclusions; Notes; 4 Writing Russianess, Greatness, Europe, and the Balkans in the Late Soviet Discourse in 1980s; 4.1 The Black Sea-Balkans Nexus in the Late Soviet Discourse
4.2 Relational Identity Construction4.3 Reading the EU Through the Web of Other; 4.4 USSR-Yugoslavia-Europe; 4.5 Self-sacrifice and Great Power Practices; 4.6 Conclusions; Notes; 5 Russian-European Security Interaction and the Idea of Great Powerhood Between 1991-1999; 5.1 New Soviet Russian Greatness vs. New Western Russia (1991-1993); 5.2 New Western Russia's Greatness and the Balkans; 5.3 True Europe and Policy Options in the Balkans and the Black Sea Region; 5.3.1 Russia and True Europe in the Black Sea Region; 5.4 Civilising Europe in the Balkans
5.5 True Europe: Kosovo Crisis and the Evolution of the EU5.6 Conclusions; Notes; 6 Reinvention of Europe and EU-Russia Relations in Putin's Era 2000-2010; 6.1 Dislocation and Identity Management; 6.2 Russia and EU as Civilising Europe; 6.3 Dealing with Civilising Europe in the Black Sea Region; 6.4 Preventing Bloodshed and Imitating Painstaking Peace-Making Efforts; 6.5 Prisoiediniates-Involving Civilising Europe as Junior Partner; 6.6 "Watch and Learn, but Don't Touch Anything": Disempowering the EU in the Region; 6.7 Russian-Georgian War and Education of the EU; 6.8 Conclusions; Notes
7 "Black Swan": New Greatness, False Europe and the Ukraine Crisis (2002-2014)7.1 New Greatness: Identity, Discourse, and Agency; 7.2 The End of "True Europe": Constructivism Unleashed; 7.3 Ukrainian Crisis 1: Russia, Europe, and Crimea; 7.3.1 Perceptions, Butterfly Effects, and "Reality Bites"; 7.4 Ukrainian Crisis 2: NovoRossiya, Minsk, and the Return of Civilising Europe; 7.4.1 Negotiations and Return of Civilising Europe; 7.5 War and Minsk: Conflict-resolution in Donbass; 7.6 Conclusions; Notes; 8 Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Primary Sources; Index
3.1 Holy Grail and Promised Land: The Balkans and the Black Sea in Russian Identity3.1.1 The Black Sea and the Balkans as a Holy Grail of Russia; 3.1.2 The Promised Land: Eternal North-to-South Movement; 3.2 Russian Selves and European Others: Relational Identity Construction; 3.2.1 Russia's Triple Self and Triple Gap Between Soviet Adult and Soviet Youth; 3.2.2 Multiple European Others; 3.3 Conclusions; Notes; 4 Writing Russianess, Greatness, Europe, and the Balkans in the Late Soviet Discourse in 1980s; 4.1 The Black Sea-Balkans Nexus in the Late Soviet Discourse
4.2 Relational Identity Construction4.3 Reading the EU Through the Web of Other; 4.4 USSR-Yugoslavia-Europe; 4.5 Self-sacrifice and Great Power Practices; 4.6 Conclusions; Notes; 5 Russian-European Security Interaction and the Idea of Great Powerhood Between 1991-1999; 5.1 New Soviet Russian Greatness vs. New Western Russia (1991-1993); 5.2 New Western Russia's Greatness and the Balkans; 5.3 True Europe and Policy Options in the Balkans and the Black Sea Region; 5.3.1 Russia and True Europe in the Black Sea Region; 5.4 Civilising Europe in the Balkans
5.5 True Europe: Kosovo Crisis and the Evolution of the EU5.6 Conclusions; Notes; 6 Reinvention of Europe and EU-Russia Relations in Putin's Era 2000-2010; 6.1 Dislocation and Identity Management; 6.2 Russia and EU as Civilising Europe; 6.3 Dealing with Civilising Europe in the Black Sea Region; 6.4 Preventing Bloodshed and Imitating Painstaking Peace-Making Efforts; 6.5 Prisoiediniates-Involving Civilising Europe as Junior Partner; 6.6 "Watch and Learn, but Don't Touch Anything": Disempowering the EU in the Region; 6.7 Russian-Georgian War and Education of the EU; 6.8 Conclusions; Notes
7 "Black Swan": New Greatness, False Europe and the Ukraine Crisis (2002-2014)7.1 New Greatness: Identity, Discourse, and Agency; 7.2 The End of "True Europe": Constructivism Unleashed; 7.3 Ukrainian Crisis 1: Russia, Europe, and Crimea; 7.3.1 Perceptions, Butterfly Effects, and "Reality Bites"; 7.4 Ukrainian Crisis 2: NovoRossiya, Minsk, and the Return of Civilising Europe; 7.4.1 Negotiations and Return of Civilising Europe; 7.5 War and Minsk: Conflict-resolution in Donbass; 7.6 Conclusions; Notes; 8 Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Primary Sources; Index