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