Responding to a Resurgent Russia Russian Policy and Responses from t
In this volume, a set of issue and country experts tackle the questions surrounding the challenges of a resurgent Russia for the world order as well as for relations between the European Union and the United States. Following a brief introduction la
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Vinod K. Aggarwal
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Kristi Govella
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Responding to a Resurgent Russia Russian Policy and Responses from the European Union and the United States
Editors Vinod K. Aggarwal Department of Political Science Haas School of Business University of California Berkeley, CA, USA
Kristi Govella Department of Political Science University of California Berkeley, CA, USA [email protected]
Berkeley APEC Study Center University of California Berkeley, CA, USA [email protected]
ISBN 978-1-4419-6666-7 e-ISBN 978-1-4419-6667-4 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-6667-4 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2011941361 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States emerged from the Cold War as the dominant power on the globe. Since that time, however, other countries have come to challenge American supremacy. The so-called BRIC countries of Brazil, Russia, India, and China are often seen as the rising powers that will alter the landscape of the global political and economic system. This book focuses on one key country, Russia, in the context of a larger project on the transformation of the international system. After the end of the Cold War, Russia emerged as the successor state of the former Soviet Union. Yet while it continued to possess a nuclear arsenal that put it on par with the United States, Russia experienced dramatic domestic political change, social turmoil, and economic decline. With increasing inflation, foreign debt, and budget deficits, compounded by lack of law and order, loss of central control over the periphery, conflicts in Chechnya, rampant corruption, chronic political instability, and a severe financial crisis, Russia’s future looked extremely perilous. Yet over the last decade, it has reemerged as a key international player, driven by a recentralization of power under former president Vladimir Putin, the current prime minister of Russia. Russia’s resurgence has raised concerns, particularly in the United States and the European Union, and created uncertainty about its integration with the Western world. The terms of Russian relations with both the US and the EU have s
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