Aglaya Snetov is Senior Researcher, Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, and has a PhD in Russian and East European studies from the University of Birmingham.

This books examines the evolution of Russia's security policy in the 21st century, using a social-constructivist approach.

1. Introduction 2. Analysing security in a non-Western context Part I: 1999-2000 3. Russia in crisis 1999/2000 4. Russia's number one threat: the securitisation of Chechnya Part II: 2000-2004 5. The Rebuilding of Russia 6. The 'normalisation' of Chechnya Part III: 2004-2008 7. Russia as a strong state and a great power? 8. A 'rebuilt' Chechnya in a securitised North Caucasus? Part IV: 2008-2014 9. Modernisation, resecuritisation and patriotic fervour: Medvedev and Putin 10. Russia's policy towards the North Caucasus and Chechnya 11. Conclusion