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The Lands in Between: Russia vs. the West and the New Politics of Hybrid War

Door Mitchell A. Orenstein

Categorie
Geschiedenis Rusland
Boeknummer
#269189
Titel
The Lands in Between: Russia vs. the West and the New Politics of Hybrid War
Auteur
Orenstein, Mitchell A.
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
Oxford University Press
Jaar van uitgave
2019
ISBN10
0190936142
ISBN13
9780190936143
Taal
Engels
Samenvatting

Russia's stealth invasion of Ukraine and its assault on the US elections in 2016 forced a reluctant West to grapple with the effects of hybrid war. While most citizens in the West are new to the problems of election hacking, state-sponsored disinformation campaigns, influence operations by foreign security services, and frozen conflicts, citizens of the frontline states between Russia and the European Union have been dealing with these issues for years. The Lands in Between: The New Politics of Russia's Hybrid War contends that these lands in between hold powerful lessons for Western countries. For Western politics is becoming increasingly similar to the lands in between, where hybrid warfare has polarized parties and voters into two camps: those who support a Western vision of liberal d... (Lees verder)emocracy and those who support a Russian vision of nationalist authoritarianism. Paradoxically, while politics increasingly boils down to a zero sum civilizational choice between Russia and the West, those who rise to the pinnacle of the political system in the lands in between are often non-ideological power brokers who have found a way to profit from both sides, taking rewards from both Russia and the West. Increasingly, the political pathologies of these small, vulnerable, and backwards states in Europe are our problems too. In this deepening conflict, we are all lands in between.
Pagina's
232
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 15,00

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