Introduction by Stipe Buzar & Jean-Francois Caron Chapter 1: The Rise of Militant Kleptocracy by Boris Kachnikov Chapter 2: Africa-Russia Relations in the Wake of the Invasion of Ukraine by Karol Czuba Chapter 3: “Empire of lies”: Russian Contestation of Western Values and International Order by Stipe Buzar Chapter 4: Navigating the New Multipolar World: Strengths and Vulnerabilities of the Western World by Saira Bano Chapter 5: Strategy Here, Strategy There: Who's Afraid of the Russian Bear? by Jean-Francois Caron Chapter 6: Russia’s War on Ukraine and Chinese and Taiwanese Relations in the 21st Century: Is Conflict with Taiwan Inevitable and What Can be Learned from Moscow’s Missteps in Eastern Europe? by Jason Lacharitte Chapter 7: Military Aid to Ukraine: Crowdsourcing at its Finest by Josip Lu?ev Chapter 8: The Big Game in Southeast Europe: Groupism and Anarchy in Russo-Western Relation by Davor Boban Chapter 9: Russian Strategic Legalism and The Western Balkans by Petar Popovi? Index