The Kremlin strikes back : Russia and the West after Crimea's annexation /

Rosefielde, Steven

The Kremlin strikes back : Russia and the West after Crimea's annexation / Steven Rosefielde, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hil - First published 2017. - New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017 - xv, 296 pages : illustrations, 24 cm

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-290) and index.

Part I. Crimea's Annexation -- 1. Vendetta -- 2. Annexation -- Part II. Resurgent Cold War -- 3. Punitive measures -- 4. Minsk II protocol -- 5. Partnership to Cold War -- 6. War of attrition -- Part III. Correlation of Forces -- 7. Putin's economy -- 8. Ukrainian morass -- 9. Western secular stagnation -- 10. Military cross-currents -- 11. X-Factors -- Part IV. Duty to Prevail -- 12. Strategies -- 13. Double gaming -- Part V. What Is to Be Done -- 14. Coexistence -- 15. Eternal Russia.

"America and Europe responded to Russia's annexation of Crimea on March 18, 2014 by discarding their policy of East-West partnership and reverting intermittently to a policy of Cold War. The West believes that this on-again/off-again second Cold War will end with Russia's capitulation because it is not a sufficiently great power, while the Kremlin's view is just the opposite; Vladimir Putin believes that if Moscow has strategic patience, Russia can recover some of the geostrategic losses that it incurred when the Soviet Union collapsed. The Kremlin Strikes Back scrutinizes the economic prospects of both sides, including factors like military industrial prowess, warfighting capabilities, and national resolve, addressing particularly hot-button issues such as increasing military spending, decreasing domestic spending, and other policies. Stephen Rosefielde aims to objectively gauge future prospects and the wisdom of employing various strategies to address Russian developments"--

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Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1952- --Political and social views
Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1952-


Außenpolitik


Russia--military interventions--Ukraine--Crimea
West bloc--foreign policy--East-West relations--Russia
Russia--economic policy
Ukraine--Crimea

Ukraine Conflict, 2014- annexation