A difficult neighbourhood : essays on Russia and East-Central Europe since World War II /

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Through a series of essays on key events in recent years in Russia, the western ex-republics of the USSR and the countries of the one-time Warsaw Pact, John Besemeres seeks to illuminate the domestic politics of the most important states, as well as Moscow's relations with all of them. At the o...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Besemeres, John
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Canberra : ANU Press, 2016.
Temas:
Eastern Europe.
Europe.
Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe)
International relations.
Politics and government.
Russia.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
International relations
Russia > History.
Russia > Relations > Europe, Eastern.
Europe, Eastern > Relations > Russia.
Europe de l'Est > Relations > Russie.
Eastern Europe
Russia
History
International Relations
Politics
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part 1. Twentieth-century Poland : war and Cold War
  • Seven days that shook the world
  • A difficult neighbourhood
  • Jan Karski's valiant failures
  • The worst of both worlds : Captain Witold Pilecki between Hitler and Stalin
  • Speaking truth to power and prejudice
  • Part 2. Poland and Russia since the fall of communism: drawing apart
  • Poland/Russia : peace or ceasefire?
  • Heading west, heading east : impressions from Warsaw and Moscow
  • Poland at the polls : a win for pragmatism
  • Poland's EU presidency : drawing the short straw.
  • Part 3. Turning points in Ukraine and Belarus
  • Ukraine: a sharp turn eastwards?
  • In Belarus, the leopard flaunts his spots
  • Part 4. Russia and the former Soviet republics : Putinisation at home and abroad
  • Russia and its western neighbours : a watershed moment
  • Russia's elections: leaving little to chance
  • Putin's Ceauşescu moment
  • Setbacks at home, successes abroad : the mixed fortunes of Vladimir Putin
  • Putin's phoney war
  • Re-enter Putin, weakened and resentful
  • The real Mr Putin stands up
  • Towards a greater Putistan? Part 1
  • Towards a greater Putistan? Part 2; Will Putin survive until 2018?
  • Putin's re-Sovietisation project and the Ukrainian jewel
  • Vladimir Putin : geopolitical wrecking ball
  • Putin's annus mirabilis.
  • Part 5. Putin reverts to cold war : changing the shape of Eurasia
  • Putin's last territorial demand
  • Ukraine : time to cut a deal?
  • Russian disinformation and Western misconceptions
  • Putin's parallel universe
  • Putin's Westpolitik : back to the USSR
  • Peace in our time
  • Ukraine conflict exposes Western weakness on Russia
  • Bling and propaganda in an ethics-free zone
  • Making nice and making enemies
  • Ukraine, out of sight.
  • Map 1: Russia and its western neighbours
  • Map 2: Ethno-linguistic map of Ukraine.
  • Map 3: The South Caucasian states: Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.

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