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Free Download Robert Hunter, "Engaging Russia As Partner And Participant: The Next Stage of Nato-russia Relations"
English | 2005 | pages: 83 | ISBN: 0833037056 | PDF | 0,3 mb
Relations between the Russian Federation and the West have evolved steadily since the end of the Cold War. In late 2001, RAND and the Moscow-based Institute for the USA and Canada Studies created a working group that examined ways to increase cooperation between NATO and Russia. The group concluded that Russia should become more deeply involved, as an equal partner, in NATO deliberations, including in regard to the Middle East, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. The goal is to share responsibilities and build security across Eurasia.

Free Download Vladimir Gel’man, Anton Steen, "Elites and Democratic Development in Russia"
English | 2003 | pages: 225 | ISBN: 0415306981 | PDF | 0,8 mb
The transformation from Communist rule towards democratic development in Russia cannot be fully understood without taking the elites into full consideration. Elites and Democratic Development in Russia examines how elites support and challenge democracy and why they are crucial to Russian democracy in particular.

Free Download Conversations with Dostoevsky: On God, Russia, Literature, and Life
by George Pattison
English | 2024 | ISBN: 0198881541 | 318 Pages | PDF | 2.87 MB

Free Download Dr Marek Laskiewicz, "Russia WW3?: From a Ukraine Crisis or Elsewhere in the Future, World War 3 May Yet Arise"
English | ASIN : B00MONO6PG | 2014 | pages | EPUB | 998 KB
The chapter headings are listed below to present the book structure clearly, which mirrors its thesis, namely that a world war is still possible brought about by a theoretically likely crisis whereupon a dictator will arise with a consequent world war, which may terminate the world, though we can avoid this future.

Free Download Hubris: The Origins of Russia’s War Against Ukraine by Jonathan Haslam
English | September 12, 2024 | ISBN: 1804548227 | 400 pages | PDF | 5.55 Mb
On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine in an escalation of the Russo-Ukraine conflict that began eight years earlier. But the roots of the conflict began long before that historic date.

Free Download John Anderson, "Conservative Christian Politics in Russia and the United States"
English | 2015 | ISBN: 0367600226 | EPUB | pages: 196 | 0.8 mb
This book explores the politics of conservative Christian churches and social movements in Russia and the United States, focusing on their similar concerns but very different modes of political engagement.

Free Download Frances Nethercott, "Writing History in Late Imperial Russia: Scholarship and the Literary Canon "
English | ISBN: 1350130400 | 2019 | 296 pages | EPUB | 602 KB
It is commonly held that a strict divide between literature and history emerged in the 19th century, with the latter evolving into a more serious disciple of rigorous science. Yet, in turning to works of historical writing during late Imperial Russia, Frances Nethercott reveals how this was not so; rather, she argues, fiction, lyric poetry, and sometimes even the lives of artists, consistently and significantly shaped historical enquiry.

Free Download Putin’s War on Ukraine: Russia’s Campaign for Global Counter-Revolution by Samuel Ramani
English | June 20, 2023 | ISBN: 1787388514 | 592 pages | PDF | 7.54 Mb
Eight years after annexing Crimea, Russia embarked on a full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine in February 2022. For Vladimir Putin, this was a legacy-defining mission-to restore Russia’s sphere of influence and undo Ukraine’s surprisingly resilient democratic experiment. Yet Putin’s aspirations were swiftly eviscerated, as the conflict degenerated into a bloody war of attrition and the Russian economy faced crippling sanctions. How can we make sense of his decision to invade?

Free Download Aldo Ferrari, Giancarlo Aragona, "Putin’s Russia: Really Back?"
English | 2016 | ISBN: 8867054813 | EPUB | pages: 142 | 0.6 mb
Attempts by Washington and Brussels to push Russia to the fringes of global politics because of the Ukrainian crisis seem to have failed. Thanks to its important role in mediating the Iranian nuclear agreement, and to its unexpected military intervention in Syria, Moscow proved once again to be a key player in international politics. However, Russia’s recovered assertiveness may represents a challenge to the uncertain leadership of the West. This report aims to gauging Russia’s current role in the light of recent developments on the international stage. The overall Russian foreign policy strategy is examined by taking into account its most important issues: Ukraine and the relationship with the West; the Middle East (intervention in Syria, and ongoing relations with Turkey, Iran and Saudi Arabia); the development of the Eurasian Economic Union; the Russian pivot towards Asia, and China in particular. The volume also analyzes if and to what extent Moscow can fulfill its ambitions in a context of falling oil prices and international sanctions.

Free Download Putin’s Revenge: Why Russia Invaded Ukraine (Woodrow Wilson Center) by Lucian Kim
English | December 3rd, 2024 | ISBN: 0231214022 | 344 pages | True EPUB | 1.85 MB
In February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine in a bloody escalation of a conflict that had begun eight years earlier. What drove Vladimir Putin to launch Europe’s largest land war since World War II?