This volume seeks to explore Russia perceptions of the changing international system in the twenty-first century and evaluate the determinants of Russian motives, roles and strategies towards a number of contemporary regional and global issues. The chapters of the volume discuss various aspects of Russian foreign policy with regard to key actors like the U.S., EU and China; international organizations such as the BRICS, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Eurasian Economic Union and Collective Security Treaty Organization; and a number of regional conflicts including Ukraine and Syria. The contributors seek to understand how the discourses of “anti-Westernism� and “post-Westernism� are employed in the redefinition of Russia relations with the other actors of the international system and how Russia perceives the concept of “regional hegemony,� particularly in the former Soviet space and the Middle East.