Dr. Kevork Oskanian is a Lecturer at the University of Exeter, UK. His latest monograph – ‘Russian Exceptionalism between East and West: The Ambiguous Empire’ (Palgrave) – provides a novel long-term approach to the role of Russia’s imperial legacies in its interactions with Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. His current research interests include the International Relations of Eurasia and Bourdieusian approaches to International Order.