J. Hedenskog, V. Konnander, B. Nygren, I. Oldberg and Ch. Pursiainen (eds.), Russia as a Great Power: Dimensions of Security Under Putin, London: Routledge, 2005, 464 pages.

In this edited volume the authors analyze the first period of Putin’s rule from a number of different security dimensions. The first part of this volume explores the complexities of Russia’s external security environment. In the first chapter, “Russia as a Great Power,” Iver Neumann asks how Russia can exploit its post-9/11 geostrategic position, in a way that is captured by, or predicted by, realist and constructionist theories. For Neumann, Russia continues to have a role as a transatlantic...