Russia
Subtitle: A Return to Imperialism?
Contributors: Uri Ra'Anan (Editor); Kate Martin (Editor)
Edition: 1st ed edition
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: December 1995
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780312129279
Subjects: Russia (pre & post Soviet Union); World - Colonial Studies; Contemporary Politics - Former Soviet Republics; Imperialism; History - General History; Foreign relations; Russia (Federation); Politics/International Relations
Description: After the collapse of the USSR, it was widely accepted that Russia no longer constituted a serious threat to international stability and Western interests. Russia: A Return to Imperialism? presents the first major challenge to that assumption. Uri Raanan and Kate Martin have assembled a group of experts to look closely at Russia's present and future role in world politics.

The authors cover a wide range of issues, including Russia's relations with Ukraine and Belarus'; East European Security and Russia's relationship with NATO; and President Bill Clinton's foreign policy with Russia. The book portrays Russia as a country showing increasing imperialist tendencies; and the West as ignoring those tendencies. The contributors express alarm over the apparent lack of Western attention and urge further scrutiny of Russia's policies.

Informative and fascinating, Russia: A Return to Imperialism? is essential reading for anyone interested in foreign affairs and the political balance of our world.