Soviet Power

Soviet Power

Author: Jonathan Steele

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 1984-10-24

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 0671528130

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From Simon & Schuster, Soviet Power is Jonathan Steele's exploration on the Kremlin's foreign policy from Brezhnev to Chernenko. This analysis points to a pattern of thwarted strategy and failed objectives, which has weakened the influence of the Soviet Union even while its military power has grown, but warns that the United States frequently misunderstands Soviet intentions and capabilities.


The Nature of Soviet Power

The Nature of Soviet Power

Author: Andy Bruno

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2016-04-11

Total Pages: 311

ISBN-13: 110714471X

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This in-depth exploration of five industries in the Kola Peninsula examines Soviet power and its interaction with the natural world.


US Intelligence Perceptions of Soviet Power, 1921-1946

US Intelligence Perceptions of Soviet Power, 1921-1946

Author: Leonard Leshuk

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 9780714653068

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Leonard Leshuk begins this study by commenting on the unusual situation whereby a nation as seemingly weak and backward before World War II as the Soviet Union could, in the space of a few years, challenge the USA militarily on a global scale.


Russia Resurrected

Russia Resurrected

Author: Kathryn E. Stoner

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2020-09-01

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 0190860731

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An assessment of Russia that suggests that we should look beyond traditional means of power to understand its strength and capacity to disrupt international politics. Too often, we are told that Russia plays a weak hand well. But, perhaps the nation's cards are better than we know. Russia ranks significantly behind the US and China by traditional measures of power: GDP, population size and health, and military might. Yet 25 years removed from its mid-1990s nadir following the collapse of the USSR, Russia has become a supremely disruptive force in world politics. Kathryn E. Stoner assesses the resurrection of Russia and argues that we should look beyond traditional means of power to assess its strength in global affairs. Taking into account how Russian domestic politics under Vladimir Putin influence its foreign policy, Stoner explains how Russia has battled its way back to international prominence. From Russia's seizure of the Crimea from Ukraine to its military support for the Assad regime in Syria, the country has reasserted itself as a major global power. Stoner examines these developments and more in tackling the big questions about Russia's turnaround and global future. Stoner marshals data on Russia's political, economic, and social development and uncovers key insights from its domestic politics. Russian people are wealthier than the Chinese, debt is low, and fiscal policy is good despite sanctions and the volatile global economy. Vladimir Putin's autocratic regime faces virtually no organized domestic opposition. Yet, mindful of maintaining control at home, Russia under Putin also uses its varied power capacities to extend its influence abroad. While we often underestimate Russia's global influence, the consequences are evident in the disruption of politics in the US, Syria, and Venezuela, to name a few. Russia Resurrected is an eye-opening reassessment of the country, identifying the actual sources of its power in international politics and why it has been able to redefine the post-Cold War global order.


The Rotarian

The Rotarian

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1945-09

Total Pages: 64

ISBN-13:

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Established in 1911, The Rotarian is the official magazine of Rotary International and is circulated worldwide. Each issue contains feature articles, columns, and departments about, or of interest to, Rotarians. Seventeen Nobel Prize winners and 19 Pulitzer Prize winners – from Mahatma Ghandi to Kurt Vonnegut Jr. – have written for the magazine.


An Algebra of Soviet Power

An Algebra of Soviet Power

Author: Michael E. Urban

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1989-11-23

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 0521372569

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Control of office has long been regarded as the key element in understanding power and policy in the Soviet system. What, however, accounts for the control of office and how are individuals recruited into positions of power and responsibility? In An Algebra of Soviet Power, Michael Urban adopts a fresh approach and introduces into the field of political elite studies the sociological technique of vacancy chain analysis.


Fear, Weakness and Power in the Post-Soviet South Caucasus

Fear, Weakness and Power in the Post-Soviet South Caucasus

Author: K. Oskanien

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2013-10-24

Total Pages: 415

ISBN-13: 1137026766

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This book provides a multi-level analysis of international security in the South Caucasus. Using an expanded and adapted version of Regional Security Complex Theory, it studies both material conditions and discourses of insecurity in its assessment of the region's possible transition towards a more peaceable future.