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A successful failure: Russia after Crime(a)
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Centre for Polish-Russian Dialogue and Understanding
Abstract Russia has become a very different country since it annexed Crimea three years ago. By breaching international law, its relations with the West are now fraught with tension, even in areas where there was once hope of cooperation. In a bid to reduce its dependence on Europe, Russia has touted its piv... view more
Russia has become a very different country since it annexed Crimea three years ago. By breaching international law, its relations with the West are now fraught with tension, even in areas where there was once hope of cooperation. In a bid to reduce its dependence on Europe, Russia has touted its pivot to Asia and its Eurasian Economic Union, but those wheels have been slow to turn. Inside the country, three years of economic stagnation have followed that historic takeover of 2014. Sanctions are biting, and so are low global oil prices. Within the government bureaucracy itself, power struggles are underway: new ideologies and new faces are jostling for prominence. The aim of this book is to provide an analysis of these trends providing a road map for anyone seeking to understand the workings of "post-Crimean" Russia. It includes studies of Russia-West relations, the role of sanctions, Western policy towards Ukraine, anti-Americanism, Russia's military doctrine, the fate of its army’s modernization plans, migration, the increasing "weaponization" of history, and the government's attempts to build a new "Crimean consensus" with Russian society, a reworked social contract emphasizing traditional values and a vastly different understanding of human rights to that in the West.... view less
Keywords
EU; international relations; foreign policy; coup d'etat; Western world; value-orientation; Russia; Ukraine; NATO; eastwards expansion; non-intervention; military doctrine; geopolitics; political development; United States of America; economic sanction; contrat social; political sanction; military; law of nations; domestic policy; annexation
Classification
International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy
Peace and Conflict Research, International Conflicts, Security Policy
Free Keywords
Eurasische Union; Krim
Document language
English
Publication Year
2017
City
Warsaw
Page/Pages
243 p.
ISBN
978-83-64486-53-1
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications