Ukraine, Russia and the West: When Value Promotion Met Hard Power

by Stefan Hedlund

Book Overview

Why did Russia's all-out war against Ukraine come as such a surprise to the West? This is a key question considered by this reflective and wide-ranging book. The book argues that Russia and the West were playing different games: while Russia under Putin had become obsessed with using hard power to restore the Cold War security architecture in Europe, the major Western powers had become equally obsessed with value promotion that would ensure a global...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032396288
• ISBN13: 9781032396286
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"