Introduction: Eurasian integration, central Asia and the new geopolitics of energy / Roger E. Kanet and Matthew Sussex -- Part I. The geopolitics of Eurasia: growing east-west confrontation -- From retrenchment to revanchism--and back again? Russian grand strategy in the Eurasian heartland / Matthew Sussex -- Is Russia's foreign policy schizophrenic? / Dina Moulioukova -- "Quo vadis, Armenia": the south Caucasus and great power politics / Lilia Arakelyan -- Part II. Resource diplomacy and energy security in Eurasia -- Sovereignty, security, and intervention in central Asia / Charles E. Ziegler -- Great power foreign relations in central Asia: competition, cooperation and congruence / Ellen B. Pirro -- Foreign policy preferences of Russia's energy sector: a shift to Asia? / Nikita Lomagin -- Authoritarianism, energy and ideas in central Asia: from politics and pipelines to foreign policy / Wayne McLean -- Balance of power shifts and energy interests in central Asia / Rémi Piet -- Living the "Chinese dream" in the "Russkiy Mir": central Asia between Sino-Russian strategic trilemmas? / Graeme P. Herd -- Conclusion / Matthew Sussex and Roger E. Kanet.