Russia and the World
New State-of-Play on the International Stage
Published on 21. December 1998
Book
Hardback
VIII, 222 pages
978-0-333-72067-7 (ISBN)
Description
The collapse of communism and the disintegration of the USSR, created a new geopolitical reality, a new international environment, and a new set of international relations. This book is about Russia's foreign relations. It examines the factors that determine Russia's foreign policy, such as the economy and domestic politics. It devotes special attention to the so-called 'Russian idea' - a foreign policy determinant largely overlooked by western politicians and analysts. It attempts such an analysis by applying Russian rather than Western criteria because we are dealing here with a country with a unique culture and history.
Reviews / Votes
... this excellent book provides valuable background to the ongoing tragedy in the Russian North Caucasus. Slavic Review
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Edition
1999 edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
VIII, 222 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
445 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-72067-7 (9780333720677)
DOI
10.1057/9780230373990
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
02/1999
Palgrave MacMillan
€94.08
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Person
LEO COOPER is Senior Research Associate at the Contemporary Europe Research Centre and at the Russian and Euro-Asian Studies Centre, University of Melbourne. He was born in Warsaw, Poland and escaped to the Soviet Union after the German occupation of Warsaw in 1939. He emigrated to Australia in 1950. He graduated as D. Phil. at Monash University in 1987 and travelled extensively throughout Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. He visited the USSR again in 1989. He is the author of
The Political Economy of Soviet Military Power, Soviet Reforms and Beyond, Power and Politics in the Soviet Union and Stakhanovites
and
The Story of a Worker in the Soviet Union 1939-1946
.
Content
List of Tables Foreword by Leslie Holmes The Setting of the Stage: An Introduction From the Russian to the Soviet Empire, 1917-1991 Period of Uncertainty, 1985-1991 The Fall of an Empire A New Military Policy Russia and the World Russia and NATO The Russian Idea - Towards a Civic Soviety Towards a Cold War or a Cold Peace? References