| Edition |
First hardcover edition. |
| Description |
433 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, map, portraits (chiefly color) ; 24 cm |
| Summary |
"How did Russia manage to emerge resurgent on the world stage and play a weak hand so effectively? Is it because Putin is a brilliant strategist? Or has Russia stepped into a vacuum created by the West's distraction with its own domestic problems and US ambivalence about whether it still wants to act as a superpower? Putin's World examines the country's turbulent past, how it has influenced Putin, the Russians' understanding of their position on the global stage and their future ambitions -- and their conviction that the West has tried to deny them a seat at the table of great powers since the USSR collapsed. This book looks at Russia's key relationships -- its downward spiral with the United States, Europe, and NATO; its ties to China, Japan, the Middle East; and with its neighbors, particularly the fraught relationship with Ukraine. PUTIN'S WORLD will help Americans understand how and why the post-Cold War era has given way to a new, more dangerous world, one in which Russia poses a challenge to the United States in every corner of the globe -- and one in which Russia has become a toxic and divisive subject in US politics."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [367]-410) and index. |
| Contents |
The weight of the past -- The Russian idea -- Ambivalent Europeans -- Russia and Germany : the fateful relationship -- The "main opponent" : Russia and NATO -- Russia and its "near abroad" : how civilized a divorce? -- "The past is always changing" : Russia and Ukraine -- Russia and China : duo of the willing? -- Wary neighbors : Russia and Japan in the shadow of World War Two -- The new power broker : Russia and the Middle East -- Three failed resets : Russia and America before the Trump era -- The rivals : Russia and America in the age of Trump -- What kind of engagement with Russia? |
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Russia (Federation) -- Foreign relations.
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Russia (Federation) -- Politics and government -- 1991-
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Russia (Federation) -- Foreign relations -- Western countries.
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Western countries -- Foreign relations -- Russia (Federation)
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Russia (Federation) -- Foreign relations -- United States.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Russia (Federation)
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Ideology -- Russia (Federation)
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Diplomatic relations. (OCoLC)fst01907412
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Ideology. (OCoLC)fst00966915
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Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
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Russia (Federation) (OCoLC)fst01262050
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Western countries. (OCoLC)fst01302083
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| Chronological Term |
Since 1991
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| ISBN |
9781455533022 (hardcover) |
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1455533025 (hardcover) |
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