num_pages: 230
description: Imperial Gamble examines how Putin reached that conclusion by taking a critical look at the recent political history of post-Soviet Russia. It also journeys deeper into Russian and Ukrainian history to explain more fully what keeps them together and yet at the same time drives them apart.Kalb argues that the post-cold war world today hangs on the resolution of the Ukraine crisis. So long as it is treated as a problem to be resolved by Russia, on the one side, and the United States and Europe, on the other, it will remain a danger zone with global consequences. The only sensible solution lies in both Russia and Ukraine recognizing that their futures are irrevocably linked by the geography, power, politics, and history that Kalb brings to life in Imperial Gamble.
language: English
title: Imperial Gamble: Putin, Ukraine, and the New Cold War
publisher: Brookings Institution Press