Russia against the west and with the rest by professor angela stent. On the russian projection of power the one area in which russia has always been able to project power is through its military. Russia against the west and with the rest, is one of the more eloquent statements on russias return. Mar 07, 2019 ali velshi talks with russia expert and georgetown university professor angela stent, author of the new book putins world. In an era of strongmen who are seeking a new concert of power, stent offers. With new start set to expire in 2021 and the inf treaty in doubt, restarting arms control negotiations should be a priority. Part of the problem is russias unwillingness to become a secondtier power, and, as stent notes, the nations gdp has in fact grown sevenfold since 2000, largely due to oil and gas exports. Apr 30, 2019 please join the harriman institute and the center on global energy policy for a discussion with angela stent georgetown university about her new book, putins world. Russia relations book prize to professor angela stent of georgetown university for her new book putins world. Angela stent audio books, best sellers, author bio. Angela stent combines interviews with key international figures including mikhail gorbachev with insights gleaned from newly declassified archives in east germany and her own profound.
During the academic year 20152016 she was a fellow at the. Within 24 hours, angela stent writes in her book putins world, the kremlin boss had demonstrated that russia was the indispensable power in the middle east. Angela stent is director of the center for eurasian, russian and east european studies and professor of government and foreign service at georgetown university. On march, foreign policy at brookings hosted angela stent for a discussion inspired by her new book putins world. Unification, the soviet collapse, and the new europe kindle. Examining the relationship between obama and putin. Georgetown university professor angela stent looks at putin, todays russia, and the influence both have on the rest of the world, in her new book, putins. The limits of partnership princeton university press.
Georgetown university professor angela stent examines russias foreign policy and international goals in her book, putins world. It illuminates the intricate connection between politics and economics in the relations between the soviet union and the federal republic of germany. Angela stent is director of the center for eurasian, russian and east european studies and a professor of government and foreign service at georgetown university. Stent is a foreign policy expert specializing in us and european relations with. Moscow believes, however, that there are limits to perezagruzka if the united states insists on implementing its missile defense program, refuses to consider a new european security treaty and supports regime change in the arab world. Russia against the west and with the rest, was published in february 2019. Stent takes a measured approach as she explains the past 70 years or so in sovietrussian history. Has russia discovered a new foreign policy template.
Usrbc hosted a membersonly event with renowned russia expert angela stent to discuss u. The book is divided into sections analyzing russias relations with its. We all now live in a paranoid and polarized world of putins making, and the russian leader, through guile and disruption, has resurrected russias status as a force to be reckoned with. May 29, 2019 foreign policy expert angela stent weighs in on russias actions in the world, from a bigpicture perspective, on intelligence matters this week. The book is indispensable reading for those interested in soviet policy toward german unification.
She is also a senior fellow nonresident at the brookings institution and co. Mar 29, 2019 within 24 hours, angela stent writes in her book putins world, the kremlin boss had demonstrated that russia was the indispensable power in the middle east. Please join the harriman institute and the center on global energy policy for a discussion with angela stent georgetown university about her new book, putins world. Georgetown university professor angela stent looks at putin, todays russia, and the influence both have on the rest of the world, in her new book, putins world. Stent is professor in georgetown universitys department of government and school of foreign service, where she directs the universitys center for eurasian, russian, and east european. Russia against the west and with the rest, examines russian actions on the world stage and the relationships with other individual actors. Russia has always been important to american diplomats, but rarely has it troubled civilians as much as it does now. Putins world by angela stent wins new book award ceres. Her knowledge of russian and german is a major asset that allows her to use a wide variety of materials that add much to our knowledge of german and russian policies.
American officials who profess to have been caught off guard when russia initiated a military intervention in syria in 2015or when russian military personnel arrived in venezuela in march 2019need to get a copy asap of angela stents putins world. Dec 01, 1998 angela this is the first book to examine the recent evolution of that tense and often violent relationship from both the russian and german perspectives. Russia relations book prize from the fletcher school of law and diplomacy at tufts university has been awarded to putins world. Professor stent is director of the center for eurasian, russian and east european studies and a professor of government and foreign service at georgetown university. This is the first book to examine the recent evolution of that tense and often violent relationship from both the russian and german perspectives. Russia against the west and with the rest by angela stent twelve, february 2019. Among the many elements that demonstrate how russia has established a new geopolitical identity. Stent is an old russia hand, having flitted in and out of government and academia in the united states for many years, including a stint as national intelligence officer for russia. Jul 05, 2019 thats what angela stent explains through history and analysis in her remarkable new book on putin called, putins world. She is also a senior fellow nonresident at the brookings institution and cochairs its hewett forum on postsoviet affairs. Stent is an old russia hand, having flitted in and out of government and academia in the united states for many years, including a stint. Russia against the west and with the rest twelve, february 2019, joined by jonathan elkind center on global energy policy and alexander cooley harriman institute. Angela stent is director of the center for eurasian, russian and east.
Angela stent deftly explains how putins version of russian exceptionalism has been redrawing maps of power in eurasia and beyond. Her lucid book is an extended answer to that pointed question. Putins world by angela stent wins new book award the first annual u. From stents book the limits of partnership, 2014 nuclear arms control. The author begins by laying out some groundwork for a solid base knowledge about russia, a base from which other information should keep in mind as a backdrop.
When asked about the main takeaways from her new book, dr. Russia against the west and with the rest with ceres senior fellow dr. The russia and eurasia program at the fletcher school established the prize to advance understanding and insight into the. How did russia manage to emerge resurgent on the world stage and play a weak hand so effectively. Stent is professor in georgetown universitys department of government and school of foreign service, where she directs the universitys center for eurasian, russian, and east european studies. Apr 18, 2019 angela stent, former national intelligence officer and current director of the center for eurasian, russian, east european studies at georgetown, explores russias complicated global position. Russia and germany reborn princeton university press. Russia against the west and with the rest, is one of the more eloquent statements on russias return as a global player. Mar 29, 2019 putins world russia against the west and with the rest by angela e. The award recognizes an outstanding book on historical or contemporary foreign policy discourse pertaining to the past.
Stents book is a significant contribution to the field of sovietgerman relations. Stent is a foreign policy expert specializing in us and european relations with russia and russian foreign policy. Putins world russia against the west and with the rest by angela e. This book by georgetown professor angela stent serves as an excellent introduction for the general american reader who wants to know more about russia. Angela stent is a recognized authority on foreign policy, with a distinguished career that spans academia, government, and international affairs. In an era of strongmen who are seeking a new concert of power, stent offers the wise perspective that we should consider russia as it is, not as we might wish it to be.
In an era of strongmen who are seeking a new concert of power, stent offers the wise perspective that we should consider russia as. Angela stent, former national intelligence officer and current director of the center for eurasian, russian, east european studies at georgetown, explores russias complicated global position. From renowned foreign policy expert angela stent comes a mustread dissection of presentday russian motives on the global stage. Russia against the west and with the rest, about what russia. Angela stents book is a scholarly and extremely readable and lively treatment of a subject which every reader of the daily press will acknowledge as being most timely.
Drawing on her depth of knowledge as a russia scholar and sharp insights gained as an intelligence analyst, angela stent has written a pageturning book about u. A mustread for anyone engaged in the study or practice of this critical bilateral relationship. Russia against the west and with the rest angela stent. Mar 11, 2014 examining the relationship between obama and putin for what president obama and vladimir putin think of each other, david greene talks to angela stent.
In her magisterial new book the limits of partnership, angela stent performs a great service by showing that the end of the obama reset is only one part of a much broader pattern that goes back to the end of the soviet union. Russia against the west and with the rest, is one of the latter. The book is an interesting read for a russian because it captures a new political moment that we. Thats what angela stent explains through history and analysis in her remarkable new book on putin called, putins world. Russia and germany reborn is crucial reading for anyone interested in a relationship that changed the course of the twentieth century and that will have a powerful impact on the next. The russia and eurasia program at the fletcher school is pleased to award its first annual u. Russia against the west and with the rest by angela stent. Stent is professor of government at georgetown university. From 2004 to 2006, she served as national intelligence officer for russia and eurasia at the national intelligence council.
Angela stent, director of the school of foreign services center for eurasian, russian, and east european studies ceres program, discussed her newly released book putins world. From renowned foreign policy expert angela stent comes a dissection of how putin created a paranoid and polarized world and increased russias status on the global stage. She is professor of government and foreign service at georgetown university and director of its center for eurasian, russian, and east european studies. Mar 11, 2019 georgetown university professor angela stent examines russias foreign policy and international goals in her book, putins world.
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