{"product_id":"9781538741627-retail-putins-world-russia-against-the-west-and-with-the-rest","title":"Putin's World: Russia Against the West and with the Rest","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor: Angela Stent\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nFormat: Paperback \n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nNumber of Pages: 496\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow did Russia manage to emerge resurgent on the world stage and play a weak hand so effectively? Is it because Putin is a brilliant strategist? Or has Russia stepped into a vacuum created by the West's distraction with its own domestic problems and US ambivalence about whether it still wants to act as a superpower? Putin's World examines the country's turbulent past, how it has influenced Putin, the Russians' understanding of their position on the global stage and their future ambitions -- and their conviction that the West has tried to deny them a seat at the table of great powers since the USSR collapsed.    This book looks at Russia's key relationships -- its downward spiral with the United States, Europe, and NATO; its ties to China, Japan, the Middle East; and with its neighbors, particularly the fraught relationship with Ukraine. Putin's World will help Americans understand how and why the post-Cold War era has given way to a new, more dangerous world, one in which Russia poses a challenge to the United States in every corner of the globe -- and one in which Russia has become a toxic and divisive subject in US politics.","brand":"Book Grocer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45978209419483,"sku":"9781538741627-RETAIL","price":23.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/9781538741627_bee3f0a9-b769-4376-b72c-9f5cf9ff6f90.jpg?v=1724307817","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9781538741627-retail-putins-world-russia-against-the-west-and-with-the-rest","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}