The book examines the relationship between national identity and foreign policy discourses on Russia in Germany, Poland and Finland in the years 2005-2015.
The case studies focus on the Nord Stream pipeline controversy, the 2008 Russian-Georgian war, the post-electoral protests in Russian cities in 2011-2012 and the Ukraine crisis.
The book argues that divergent foreign policy narratives of Russia are rooted in different national identity constructions.
Most significantly, the Ukraine crisis .