Research Catalog

Title

Moscow Rules : What Drives Russia to Confront the West / Keir Giles.

Author

Giles, Keir

Publication

• Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press ; London : Chatham House, The Royal Institute of International Affairs, 2019.
• ©2019

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Details

Description

xx, 234 pages; 23 cm.

Summary

From Moscow, the world looks different. It is through understanding how Russia sees the world--and its place in it--that the West can best meet the Russian challenge. Russia and the West are like neighbors who never seem able to understand each other. A major reason, this book argues, is that Western leaders tend to think that Russia should act as a "rational" Western nation--even though Russian leaders for centuries have thought and acted based on their country's much different history and traditions. Russia, through Western eyes, is unpredictable and irrational, when in fact its leaders from the czars to Putin almost always act in their own very predictable and rational ways. For Western leaders to try to engage with Russia without attempting to understand how Russians look at the world is a recipe for repeated disappointment and frequent crises. Keir Giles, a senior expert on Russia at Britain's prestigious Chatham House, describes how Russian leaders have used consistent doctrinal and strategic approaches to the rest of the world. These approaches may seem deeply alien in the West, but understanding them is essential for successful engagement with Moscow. Giles argues that understanding how Moscow's leaders think--not just Vladimir Putin but his predecessors and eventual successors--will help their counterparts in the West develop a less crisis-prone and more productive relationship with Russia.

Series Statement

Insights: critical thinking on international affairs

Uniform Title

Insights: critical thinking on international affairs.

Alternative Title

What drives Russia to confront the west

Subjects

• Western countries
• Russia
• Western countries > Relations > Russia
• Western countries > Relations > Russia (Federation)
• Russia > Politics and government
• Soviet Union > Politics and government
• Western countries > Relations > Soviet Union
• International relations
• Russia > Relations > Western countries
• Political leadership > Russia
• Soviet Union > Relations > Western countries
• Russia (Federation) > Relations > Western countries
• Political leadership > Russia (Federation)
• Politics and government
• Russia (Federation) > Politics and government
• Political leadership > Soviet Union

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Part I. Russia's place in the world. A world apart -- Great power and empire -- Russia under threat -- Winning the Cold War -- Part II. Russia's internal System. Ruling Russia -- The individual and the state -- Part III. Russia's inheritance. Russia's moral framework -- History matters -- Part IV. Prospects for change. Opposition, protests, and discontent -- Change from within -- Conclusion. The way forward.

Call Number

JFE 19-5213

ISBN

• 9780815735748
• 081573574X
• 9780815735755 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2018287884

OCLC

1084598490

Author

Giles, Keir, author.

Title

Moscow Rules : What Drives Russia to Confront the West / Keir Giles.

Publisher

Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press ; London : Chatham House, The Royal Institute of International Affairs, 2019.

Copyright Date

©2019

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Insights: critical thinking on international affairs

Insights: critical thinking on international affairs.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Research Call Number

JFE 19-5213