Introduction : foreign policy priorities and institutions : perspectives and issues / Adeed Dawisha -- Priorities of Russia's foreign policy and the way it works / Nodari A. Simonia -- Structure, institutions, and process : Russia's changing foreign policy / Jeffrey Checkel -- Russia's Far Eastern policy in the 1990s : priorities and prospects / Andrew A. Bouchkin -- The near abroad, the West, and national identity in Russian foreign policy / Jonathan Valdez -- Ukraine in the new geopolitical environment : issues of regional and subregional security / Nikolai A. Kulinich -- Belarus's foreign policy priorities and the decision-making process / Vyacheslau E. Paznyak -- Dimensions and orientations in the foreign and security policies of the Baltic States / Peeter Vares -- The sociopolitical environment conditioning the foreign policy of the Central Asian states / Kemal H. Karpat -- Regional and global powers and the international relations of Central Asia / Mohiaddin Mesbahi -- Emerging patterns in the international relations of Central Asia / Mark N. Katz -- The institutions and conduct of the foreign policy of postcommunist Kazakhstan / Oumirseric Kasenov -- The institutions, orientations, and conduct of foreign policy in post-Soviet Azerbaijan / Leila Alieva -- Armenia's foreign policy : defining priorities and coping with conflict / Rouben Paul Adalian -- Conclusion : imperialism, dependence, and interdependence in the Eurasian space / Karen Dawisha.