Russia: Great Power, Weakened State

by Marlène Laruelle and Jean Radvanyi

Book Overview

Thirty years after the end of the Soviet Union, multiple ghosts haunt Russia, its elites, and its society, from concern over demographic and economic decline to worry about the country's vulnerability to external intervention, reviving the old notion of Russia as a "besieged fortress." Faced with both a West that emerged victorious from the Cold War and a shockingly dynamic China, Russia constantly questions its identity and the notion that its...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1538174774
• ISBN13: 9781538174777
• Release Date: July 2023
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"