Nazrin Mehdiyeva is a Foreign Policy and Energy Consultant. She holds a DPhil from Oxford University.

• Chapter 1: A small state in great power politics: The Case of AzerbaijanAzerbaijan in Great Power PoliticsStrategies of small states: bandwagoning or balancing?A psychological approach to foreign policy analysisChapter 2: The Making of Azerbaijani Foreign Policy: Images, institutions and personalitiesOrganisational context: structure and processThe individual decision-maker: Elchibey vs. AliyevOccasion for decision: maximising presidential powerChapter 3: Non-bandwagoning with Russia: The Military DimensionPhases in Azerbaijani Foreign Policy towards RussiaThreat Perception and Policy FormulationPerceptions, Troop Withdrawal and Policy of 'Non-bandwagoning'Policy Evolution and Aliyev's strategic manoeuvringChapter 4: Non-bandwagoning with Russia: Oil and the CaspianBuilding Alliances from within: The Role of Multinationals in Azerbaijan's Foreign PolicyFighting Back: Commitment, Alternatives and ControlAzerbaijan's Caspian StrategyChapter 5: The Evolution of Azerbaijan's Policy towards Turkey: Hopes vs. ActionFactors in the Foreign Policy of the Popular FrontStrategic Friendship and Pipeline Diplomacy under AliyevChapter 6: The Western Dimension of Azerbaijan's Strategy: Balancing with the United States?Early Relations with the WestOil, Pipelines and Aliyev's West European DiplomacyNATO and Azerbaijan's Security DiplomacyChapter 7: Conclusions: A Model of Sustainable PolicyStrategic Manoeuvring and its ConditionalityForeign Policy in the New Era: The Energy Boom and Beyond

Nazrin Mehdiyeva is a Foreign Policy and Energy Consultant. She holds a DPhil from Oxford University.

• Chapter 1: A small state in great power politics: The Case of AzerbaijanAzerbaijan in Great Power PoliticsStrategies of small states: bandwagoning or balancing?A psychological approach to foreign policy analysisChapter 2: The Making of Azerbaijani Foreign Policy: Images, institutions and personalitiesOrganisational context: structure and processThe individual decision-maker: Elchibey vs. AliyevOccasion for decision: maximising presidential powerChapter 3: Non-bandwagoning with Russia: The Military DimensionPhases in Azerbaijani Foreign Policy towards RussiaThreat Perception and Policy FormulationPerceptions, Troop Withdrawal and Policy of 'Non-bandwagoning'Policy Evolution and Aliyev's strategic manoeuvringChapter 4: Non-bandwagoning with Russia: Oil and the CaspianBuilding Alliances from within: The Role of Multinationals in Azerbaijan's Foreign PolicyFighting Back: Commitment, Alternatives and ControlAzerbaijan's Caspian StrategyChapter 5: The Evolution of Azerbaijan's Policy towards Turkey: Hopes vs. ActionFactors in the Foreign Policy of the Popular FrontStrategic Friendship and Pipeline Diplomacy under AliyevChapter 6: The Western Dimension of Azerbaijan's Strategy: Balancing with the United States?Early Relations with the WestOil, Pipelines and Aliyev's West European DiplomacyNATO and Azerbaijan's Security DiplomacyChapter 7: Conclusions: A Model of Sustainable PolicyStrategic Manoeuvring and its ConditionalityForeign Policy in the New Era: The Energy Boom and Beyond

Nazrin Mehdiyeva is a Foreign Policy and Energy Consultant. She holds a DPhil from Oxford University.

• Chapter 1: A small state in great power politics: The Case of AzerbaijanAzerbaijan in Great Power PoliticsStrategies of small states: bandwagoning or balancing?A psychological approach to foreign policy analysisChapter 2: The Making of Azerbaijani Foreign Policy: Images, institutions and personalitiesOrganisational context: structure and processThe individual decision-maker: Elchibey vs. AliyevOccasion for decision: maximising presidential powerChapter 3: Non-bandwagoning with Russia: The Military DimensionPhases in Azerbaijani Foreign Policy towards RussiaThreat Perception and Policy FormulationPerceptions, Troop Withdrawal and Policy of 'Non-bandwagoning'Policy Evolution and Aliyev's strategic manoeuvringChapter 4: Non-bandwagoning with Russia: Oil and the CaspianBuilding Alliances from within: The Role of Multinationals in Azerbaijan's Foreign PolicyFighting Back: Commitment, Alternatives and ControlAzerbaijan's Caspian StrategyChapter 5: The Evolution of Azerbaijan's Policy towards Turkey: Hopes vs. ActionFactors in the Foreign Policy of the Popular FrontStrategic Friendship and Pipeline Diplomacy under AliyevChapter 6: The Western Dimension of Azerbaijan's Strategy: Balancing with the United States?Early Relations with the WestOil, Pipelines and Aliyev's West European DiplomacyNATO and Azerbaijan's Security DiplomacyChapter 7: Conclusions: A Model of Sustainable PolicyStrategic Manoeuvring and its ConditionalityForeign Policy in the New Era: The Energy Boom and Beyond