To most Americans, Russia remains as enigmatic today as it was during the Iron Curtain era. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the country had an opportunity to confront its tortured past. Here, author Brent asks why this didn't happen. Why are archivists under surveillance …
The new Russia
by Tait, A. L., Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich
The new Russia
by Tait, A. L., Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich
After years of rapprochement, the relationship between Russia and the West is more strained now than it has been in the past 25 years. Putin's motives, his reasons for seeking confrontation with the West, remain for many a mystery. Not for Mikhail Gorbachev. In this new work, Ru…
"In Is Russia Fascist?, Marlene Laruelle argues that the charge of "fascism" has become a strategic narrative of the current world order. Vladimir Putin's regime has increasingly been accused of embracing fascism, supposedly evidenced by Russia's annexation of Crimea, its histor…
"In many autocracies, regime leaders share power with a ruling party, which can help generate popular support and reduce conflict among key elites. Such ruling parties are often called dominant parties. In other regimes, leaders prefer to rule solely through some combination of …
"Allegations of Russian conspiracies to meddle in the affairs of Western countries have been a persistent feature of Western politics since the Cold War. Recent allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election are only the most recent in a long series of …
La 4ème de couv. indique : "An innovative study of the transformation of Russian domestic politics and foreign policy under Vladimir Putin. This book goes beyond current polemical debates to explain why Russia's post-Soviet political system developed into a new for of authoritar…
New trends in Russian political mentality: Putin 3.0
Putin's Russia
"This classic text provides an authoritative and current analysis of contemporary Russia. Leading scholars explore the daunting domestic and international problems Russia confronts, considering a comprehensive array of economic, political, foreign policy, and social issues"--