Russian Business Power

Abstract

Part I: Introduction 1. Russian Business Power as a Source of Transnational Conflict and Cooperation Andreas Wenger 2. The Role of Business in Russian Foreign and Security Relations Robert W. Orttung Part II: Russian Energy: Regional Power and Dependency 3. Russian Energy Companies and the Enlarged European Union Heiko Pleines 4. Russian Energy Companies in the New Eastern Europe: The Cases of Ukraine and Belarus Margarita M. Balmaceda 5. Russian Energy Companies in the Caspian and Central Eurasian Region: Expanding Southward Jeronim Perovic 6. Russia, Iraq, and Iran: Business, Politics, or Both? Carol R. Saivetz 7. Russian and Transnational Energy Companies: Conflict and Cooperation in Pacific Russia Michael J. Bradshaw Part III: Beyond Energy: Emerging Business Networks and Human Security 8. Russian Business, the Arms Trade, and Regional Security Robert W. Orttung and Boris V. Demidov 9. Russian Banks and Russian Diplomacy: Occasionally Rather Embarrassing William Tompson 10. The Drug Trade in Russia Louise I. Shelley and Svante E. Cornell 11. Uncharted Territory: Russian Business Activity in Abkhazia and South Ossetia Erik R. Scott 12. Timber in the Russian Far East and Potential Transborder Conflict Josh Newell