'Russia is an increasingly important player in global energy
markets, yet its policies are under-researched and little
understood. This collection represents an important and
sophisticated contribution to the debate. While much of the
commentary on Russian energy consists of generalizations about
Russia's political strategy, this work lifts the lid and looks
inside the process through which Russian energy policies are
designed and implemented. It brings together essays by top
specialists in the field, and makes a conscious effort to integrate
the various disciplines of politics, economics and geography by
developing a model of the ''cognitive frames'' through which the
policy process is shaped. It addresses both domestic and
international dimensions of the problem, and gives equal weight to
traditional customers in Europe and new markets in Asia.' - Peter
Rutland, Wesleyan University'The book explains Russian energy
policies, instead of a policy. It portrays a picture with multiple
policy drivers, including institutional, regional and federal,
environmental and commercial. The study markedly improves our
understanding of the multifaceted nature of Russian energy policy,
a topical and complex issue. This is a highly commendable book that
should be included in the reading lists of anyone with an interest
in the role of energy in Russia's political economy or energy
matters more generally.' - Kim Talus, University College London,
Australia Russia's vast energy reserves, and its policies towards
them have enormous importance in the current geopolitical
landscape. This important book examines Russia's energy policies on
the national, interregional and global level. It pays particular
attention to energy policy actors ranging from state, federal and
regional actors, to energy companies and international financial
actors and organizations. The book models the formation of Russia's
energy policies in terms of how energy policy actors perceive and
map their policy environment. The case studies cover federal,
regional and environmental aspects of Russian energy policy,
Russia's energy relations with Europe and the CIS, North East Asia,
the globalization of Russian oil companies and the political
economy of Russian energy. It is found that there are several
concurrent energy policies in contemporary Russia, and that this
situation is likely to continue. These policies are conducted
primarily from the business frame perspective while notions of
energy superpower Russia are found more ambiguous. Russia's Energy
Policies will benefit advanced master's level students, doctoral
students, researchers, policy makers and practitioners. The book
will be a great resource for advanced international relations,
political economy, international business and globalization courses
alongside energy policy courses, as well as area studies courses on
Russian, post-Soviet and European politics and environmental
politics. Contributors: P. Aalto, M.M. Balmaceda, M. Bradshaw, D.
Dusseault, M.D. Kennedy, M. Kivinen, X. Liu, N. Poussenkova, H.
Smith, S. Tabata, N. Tynkkynen
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