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The Power Of Images And The Images Of Power: Past And Present Identity In Russia's International Relations / Ray Taras -- Mirror, Mirror...: Myth-making, Self-images And Views Of The Us Other In Contemporary Russia / Bo Petersson -- Russia In International Society Over The Longue Durée: Lessons From Early Rus' And Early Post-soviet State Formation / Iver B. Neumann -- The Varangian Problem: Science In The Grip Of Ideology And Politics / Elena Melnikova -- Russian And European Mutual Perceptions: Foreign Policy Stereotypes In Historical Perspective / Aleksander V. Golubev -- Russia And 'the West' In The 2000s: Redefining Russian Identity In Official Political Discourse / Olga Malinova -- Constructing Russophobia / Valentina Feklyunina -- Images, Metaphors, And Power: Reinventing The Grammar Of Russian Trans-border Regionalism / Andrey S. Makarychev -- The Embarrassing Russian Connection: Selective Memory Of The Russian Heritage In Contemporary Poland / Tomasz Zaryck. Edited By Ray Taras. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.