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dc.contributor.authorBesemeres, John
dc.date.accessioned2016-12-21 00:00:00
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-01T13:54:04Z
dc.date.available2020-04-01T13:54:04Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier621492
dc.identifierOCN: 967110210en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/31950
dc.description.abstractThrough a series of essays on key events in recent years in Russia, the western ex-republics of the USSR and the countries of the one-time Warsaw Pact, John Besemeres seeks to illuminate the domestic politics of the most important states, as well as Moscow’s relations with all of them. At the outset, he takes some backward glances at the violent suppression of national life in the ‘bloodlands’ of Europe during World War II by the Stalinist and Nazi regimes, which helps to explain much about the region’s dynamics since. His concern throughout is that a large area of Europe with a combined population well in excess of Russia’s could again be consigned by the West to Moscow’s care, not this time by more and less malign forms of collusion, but by distracted negligence or incomprehension. ‘This is a wonderful collection of essays from a leading Eastern Europe specialist. John Besemeres brings a lifetime of experience, profound insights, and an incisive style to subjects ranging from wartime and post-war Poland through contemporary Ukraine to Putin’s Russia. At a time when doublespeak has become the new normal, his refreshing honesty has never been in greater need.’ — Bobo Lo
dc.languageEnglish
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1D Europe::1DT Eastern Europeen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1D Europe::1DT Eastern Europe::1DTA Russiaen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and governmenten_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relationsen_US
dc.subject.otherrussia
dc.subject.otherpolitics
dc.subject.otherhistory
dc.subject.othereastern europe
dc.subject.otherinternational relations
dc.subject.otherMoscow
dc.subject.otherPoland
dc.subject.otherUkraine
dc.subject.otherViktor Yanukovych
dc.subject.otherVladimir Putin
dc.titleA Difficult Neighbourhood
dc.title.alternativeEssays on Russia and East-CentralEurope since World War II
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.22459/DN.10.2016
oapen.relation.isPublishedByddc8cc3f-dd57-40ef-b8d5-06f839686b71
oapen.relation.isbn9781760460600
oapen.remark.publicRelevant Wikipedia pages: European Union - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union; Moscow - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow; Poland - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poland; Russia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia; Ukraine - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine; Viktor Yanukovych - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Yanukovych; Vladimir Putin - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin
oapen.identifier.ocn967110210


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