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1 online resource (xx, 234 pages). |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Insights: critical thinking on international affairs
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Insights : critical thinking on international affairs.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Information; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Russia's Place in the World; A World Apart; Great Power and Empire; Russia under Threat; Winning the Cold War; Part II: Russia's Internal System; Ruling Russia; The Individual and the State; Part III: Russia's Inheritance; Russia's Moral Framework; History Matters; Part IV: Prospects for Change; Opposition, Protests, and Discontent; Change from Within; The Way Forward; Notes; Index; Back Cover |
| Summary |
From Moscow, the world looks different. It is through understanding how Russia sees the world--and its place in it--that the West can best meet the Russian challenge. Russia and the West are like neighbors who never seem able to understand each other. A major reason, this book argues, is that Western leaders tend to think that Russia should act as a "rational" Western nation--even though Russian leaders for centuries have thought and acted based on their country's much different history and traditions. Russia, through Western eyes, is unpredictable and irrational, when in fact its leaders from the czars to Putin almost always act in their own very predictable and rational ways. For Western leaders to try to engage with Russia without attempting to understand how Russians look at the world is a recipe for repeated disappointment and frequent crises. Keir Giles, a senior expert on Russia at Britain's prestigious Chatham House, describes how Russian leaders have used consistent doctrinal and strategic approaches to the rest of the world. These approaches may seem deeply alien in the West, but understanding them is essential for successful engagement with Moscow. Giles argues that understanding how Moscow's leaders think--not just Vladimir Putin but his predecessors and eventual successors--will help their counterparts in the West develop a less crisis-prone and more productive relationship with Russia. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Political leadership -- Russia (Federation)
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Political leadership. |
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Russia (Federation) |
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Political leadership -- Soviet Union.
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Soviet Union. |
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Political leadership -- Russia.
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Russia. |
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Russia -- Relations -- Western countries.
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Relations. |
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Western countries. |
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Russia (Federation) -- Relations -- Western countries.
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Soviet Union -- Relations -- Western countries.
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Western countries -- Relations -- Russia.
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Western countries -- Relations -- Russia (Federation)
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Western countries -- Relations -- Soviet Union.
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Russia (Federation) -- Politics and government.
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Politics and government. |
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Soviet Union -- Politics and government.
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Russia -- Politics and government.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Giles, Keir. Moscow Rules. Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press ; London : Chatham House, The Royal Institute of International Affairs, 2019 9780815735748 (DLC) 2018287884 (OCoLC)1084598490 |
| ISBN |
0815735758 (electronic book) |
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9780815735755 (electronic book) |
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9780815735748 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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081573574X (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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