Russia Against the Rest
The Post-Cold War Crisis of World Order

This book examines how Putin's Russia emerged as one of the great powers, demanding recognition of its status in international politics.

Richard Sakwa (Author)

9781316613511, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 12 October 2017

370 pages
22.8 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.54 kg

'In this theoretically sophisticated and empirically rich analysis, Richard Sakwa both explains the course of development of Russia-West relations after the end of the cold war and points to what could be done to escape the dead end into which we have blundered. If you are going to read only one book on post-cold war international politics, read this superb study.' Graeme Gill, University of Sydney

In this book Richard Sakwa provides a new analysis of the end of the Cold War and the subsequent failure to create a comprehensive and inclusive peace order in Europe. The end of the Cold War did not create a sustainable peace system. Instead, for a quarter of a century a 'cold peace' reflected the tension between cooperative and competitive behaviour. None of the fundamental problems of European security were resolved, and tensions accumulated. In 2014 the crisis exploded in the form of conflict in Ukraine, provoking what some call a 'new Cold War'. Russia against the Rest challenges the view that this is a replay of the old conflict, explaining how the tensions between Russia and the Atlantic community reflect a global realignment of the international system. Sakwa provides a balanced and carefully researched analysis of the trajectory of European and global politics since the late 1980s.

Introduction
1. Cold War to cold peace
2. Order without hegemony
3. Russian grievances
4. Resistance and neo-revisionism
5. Europe, Eurasia and heartland conflicts
6. After the cold peace
7. Remilitarisation and the new apocalypse
8. America and global leadership
9. The EU, Europe and Russia
10. Towards a post-western world
11. The new globalism and the politics of resistance
Conclusion.

Subject Areas: International relations [JPS], Politics & government [JP], Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000 [HBLW3]