Table of Contents

1. The power of images and the images of power: past and present identity in Russia’s international relations Ray Taras 2. Mirror, mirror...: myth-making, self-images and views of the US ‘Other’ in contemporary Russia Bo Petersson 3. Russia in international society over the longue durée: lessons from early Rus’ and early post-Soviet state formation Iver B. Neumann 4. The ‘Varangian problem’: science in the grip of ideology and politics Elena Melnikova 5. Russian and European mutual perceptions: foreign policy stereotypes in historical perspective Aleksander V. Golubev 6. Russia and the ‘West’ in the 2000s: redefining Russian identity in official political discourse Olga Malinova 7. Constructing Russophobia Valentina Feklyunina 8. Images, metaphors, and power: reinventing the grammar of Russian trans-border regionalism Andrey S. Makarychev 9. The embarrassing Russian connection: selective memory of the Russian heritage in contemporary Poland Tomasz Zarycki

About the Author

Ray Taras is Professor of Political Science at Tulane University, USA.