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Understanding Russia: The Challenges of Transformation

Understanding Russia: The Challenges of Transformation

by Marlene Laruelle (Author), Marlene Laruelle (Author), Jean Radvanyi (Author)

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    Paperback 2018

    $49.44
Synopsis

This timely book provides a comprehensive overview of the geographical, historical, political, cultural, and geostrategic factors that drive Russia today. Explaining Russia's perspective, it offers a much-needed analysis that will help readers understand how the country deals with its domestic issues and how these influence Russian foreign policy.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 180
 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 15 Aug 2018
ISBN 10: 1538114860
ISBN 13: 9781538114865

Media Reviews
We are all struggling to understand Russia, and this book provides a timely and erudite guide. Covering state and nation formation, the economy, society, and foreign policy, Laruelle and Radvanyi have produced an accessible and essential analysis of the complex phenomenon that is the Russia of today. -- Richard Sakwa, University of Kent
This well-researched book will challenge those accustomed to viewing Russia as the West's hostile Other. By presenting Russia's political, economic, and social changes in alignment with global trends, Laruelle and Radvanyi make a compelling case for a new Western thinking about Russia. -- Andrei P. Tsygankov, San Francisco State University
At a time when some would argue that understanding Russia is impossible and perhaps even inadvisable, Laruelle and Radvanyi's new book argues powerfully that not only can we understand Russia, but we must. This timely volume is certain to help many readers-from students to professionals to the simply curious-come to grips with the country that vexes our imaginations more than any other. -- Samuel Greene, King's College London
Author Bio
Marlene Laruelle is research professor of international affairs and associate director of the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES) at the Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University. She is codirector of PONARS-Eurasia and director of the Central Asia Program at GW. Jean Radvanyi is professor of Russian studies and geography at the National Institute for Oriental Languages and Cultures in Paris. He directed the French-Russian Center for Social Sciences and Humanities in Moscow from 2008 to 2012.