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Russia - Great Power, Weakened State (Second Edition)
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Russia inspires fear. For decades, American presidents viewed the
Soviet Union as an “evil empire,” and now, the Ukrainian crisis
has added a new chapter to this narrative inherited from the Cold
War. Russia’s behavior is regarded with distrust and its
“nuisance power” arouses frustration. The country’s image has
not been so negative since the collapse of the Soviet Union. But at
the same time—and this is a key point of this book—Russia is
fearful, too. Thirty years after the end of the Soviet Union,
multiple ghosts haunt the country, its elites, and its society,
from concern over demographic and economic decline to worry about
the country’s vulnerability to external intervention, reviving
the old notion of Russia as a “besieged fortress.” Opened up
practically overnight under President Boris Yeltsin, the country
had to deal with a rapid and violent globalization. Faced with both
a West that emerged victorious from the Cold War and a shockingly
dynamic China, Russia constantly questions its identity and the
notion that its fate is to bridge East and West. Vacillating
between reformist aspirations and a fear of liberal society, which
is often portrayed as amoral and perverse, the country, and
certainly its leader Vladamir Putin, sometimes seems tempted to
take refuge in a new isolation. This book is more than timely: no
other book offers a comprehensive overview of Russia’s fears and
challenges that could help the American public to understand how
the country deals with its own issues and how this influences
Russia’s foreign policy, including the ongoing war in Ukraine.
This in-out aspect is critical to understand the country’s
international stance and therefore directly US policy and security.
General
Imprint: |
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
August 2023 |
Authors: |
Marlene Laruelle
• Jean Radvanyi
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
264 |
Edition: |
Second Edition |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-5381-7478-4 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
1-5381-7478-2 |
Barcode: |
9781538174784 |
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