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Putin's Propaganda Machine by ISBN: 9781442253605Publication Date: 2016This book examines Russia’s ’information war’ and it's goal of forming a geopolitical triangle consisting of a Moscow-Berlin-Paris axis intended to roll back the influence of NATO and the United States in Europe.
Russia's Foreign Policy by ISBN: 9781442254015Publication Date: 2016Discusses change and continuity in Russia's Foreign Policy from the Cold War to the present. Russia's relations with the West are emphasized.
Crimea, Global Rivalry, and the Vengeance of History by ISBN: 9781137546760Publication Date: 2015"...critically examines the causes and consequences of Russia’s annexation of Crimea and reviews differing annexations in history from the Seven Years War to today."
The Invention of Russia: The Journey from Gorbachev’s Freedom to Putin’s War by ISBN: 9780857891587Publication Date: 2015"Traces the history of modern Russia from Mikhail Gorbachev to the rise of Vladimir Putin." Describes how Russia, after a tumultuous experiment with democracy, turned its back on the West and found itself embracing a new era of Soviet-style rule.
Putinism by ISBN: 9781250064752Publication Date: 2015"Demonstrates how three long-standing pillars of Russian ideology - a strong belief in the Orthodox Church, a sense of Eurasian ’manifest destiny’, and a fear of foreign enemies - continue to exert a powerful influence on the Russian populace."
Should the West Engage Putin's Russia? by ISBN: 9781770898585Publication Date: 2015Presents opposing arguments: Stephen F. Cohen and Vladimir Pozner (pro) vs. Anne Applebaum and Garry Kasparov (con).
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Russian Foreign Policy: Sources and Implications by Publication Date: 2009Related Topics: East Asia, Global Security, International Affairs, Military Budgets and Defense Spending, National Security, North Korea, Russia, and Security Cooperation.
Russia, Eurasia and the New Geopolitics of Energy by ISBN: 9781137523723Publication Date: 2015Collection of articles about the new great game.
Russia’s Foreign Policy: Ideas, Domestic Politics and External Relations by ISBN: 9781137468871Publication Date: 2015Part I. Perceptions and ideas in Russian foreign policy;
Part II. Domestic politics;
Part III. External relations.
Foreign Policy in Comparative Perspective by ISBN: 1608716961Publication Date: 20132nd edition. Overview of foreign policy of UK, France, Germany, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Nigeria, Brazil, Israel, Iran, and Mexico.
The Foreign Policy of Russia by ISBN: 9780765642004Publication Date: 2014Overview of Russian foreign policy from tsarist times to Putin. KU has earlier editions (1998, 2002, 2005, 2009).
