The historical background of Russian security concepts and requirements / Lothar Rühl -- The 'Russian question' / Robert Legvold -- The vicissitudes of Russian politics / Alexei Arbatov -- Towards a post-imperial identity / Marie Mendras -- Russia's emerging statehood in the national security context / Aleksei M. Salmin -- Russian foreign policy thinking in transition / Alexei Arbatov -- The Russian armed forces: structures, roles and policies / Roy Allison -- The changing role of military factors / Alexander A. Konovalov -- Conflicts in the CIS and their implications for Europe / Christoph Royen -- Post-Soviet conflicts: new security concerns / Victor Kremeniuk -- The East Slav triangle / Vasily Kremen -- Russia and the Slav vicinity / Sergei Karaganov -- Russian policy in Northern Europe / Lena Jonson -- In search of a new strategy in the Baltic/Nordic area / Alexander A. Sergounin -- Russia and East-Central Europe: strategic options / Wojtek Lamentowicz -- Russian security and East-Central Europe / Yuriy Davydov -- Russia and the Balkans: old themes and new challenges / F. Stephen Larrabee -- The Balkans test for Russia / Nadia Alexandrova-Arbatova -- Russia in the Caucasus: interests, threats and policy options / Maxim Shashenkov -- Russia and the political economy of the transformation period / Hans-Joachim Spanger -- Economic transformation in Russia and political partnership with Europe / Yuriy Borko -- Redefining Russia's role in Europe / John Roper and Peter van Ham -- Russia and European institutions / Andrei Zagorski -- Assessing Russia's interaction with Europe / Vladimir Baranovsky
