The Russia Conundrum

Author : Mikhail Khodorkovsky
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2022-10-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781250285607

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The Russia Conundrum by Mikhail Khodorkovsky Pdf

An urgent analysis of the battle between Russia and the West and an exposé of Putin’s Russia, by a former Kremlin insider. "I'm a fairly calm fellow; I don't usually get wound up about things. But I was, let's say, concerned when I tuned into the Moscow Echo radio station and heard that the Kremlin had put a price on my head. The announcement didn't quite say 'dead or alive'. But it came close..." —Mikhail Khodorkovsky, March 2021 Mikhail Khodorkovsky has seen behind the mask of Vladimir Putin. Once an oil tycoon and the richest man in Russia, Khodorkovsky spoke out against the corruption of Putin's regime—and was punished by the Kremlin, stripped of his entire wealth and jailed for over ten years. Now freed, working as a pro-democracy campaigner in enforced exile, Khodorkovsky brings us the insider's battle to save his country's soul. Offering an urgent analysis of what has gone wrong with Putin, The Russia Conundrum maps the country's rise and fall against Khodorkovsky's own journey, from Soviet youth to international oil executive, powerful insider to political dissident, and now a high-profile voice seeking to reconcile East and West. With unparalleled insight, written with Sunday Times bestselling author Martin Sixsmith, The Russia Conundrum exposes the desires and damning truths of Putin's "mafia clan," and provides an answer to the West on how it must challenge the Kremlin—in order to pave the way for a better future.

Author : Ruslan Dzarasov
Publisher : Pluto Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0745332781

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The Conundrum of Russian Capitalism by Ruslan Dzarasov Pdf

In this book Ruslan Dzarasov reveals the nature of Russian capitalism following the fall of the Soviet Union, showing how the system originated in both the degenerated Soviet bureaucracy and the pressures of global capital. He provides an unprecedented analysis of Russian firms' corporate governance and labor practices, and makes sense of their peculiar investment strategies. By comparing the practices of Russian companies to the typical models of corporate governance and investment behavior of big firms in the West, Dzarasov sheds light on the relationship between the core and periphery of the capitalist world-system. This groundbreaking study proves that Russia's new capitalism is not a break with the country's Stalinist past, but is in fact the continuation of that tradition. At the same time, the brutal and deficient character of the current system also reflects the realities of the modern globalized and financialized world capitalist system.

Author : Chantal Bourry
Publisher : Librinova
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2022-11-28T00:00:00Z
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9791040520337

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The Russia Conundrum (L’Énigme de la Russie) de Mikhaïl Khodorkovsky by Chantal Bourry Pdf

Fiche de lecture de l’ouvrage The Russia Conundrum (L’Énigme de la Russie) publié en septembre 2022 (éd. WH Allen). Il a été écrit par le Russe Mikhaïl Khodorkovski, dont la vie riche de rencontres et d’événements en fait l’auteur d’un livre exceptionnel, non traduit en français à ce jour. Khodorkovski décrit avec force exemples le pouvoir arbitraire, la surveillance étatique omniprésente, la répression de toute dissidence et l’autoritarisme corrompu du Kremlin. Il raconte comment il fut jugé et emprisonné, sa détention dans un camp pénitentiaire en Sibérie. Il explique ce qu’est le régime russe, détaille la personnalité de Vladimir Poutine, avec lequel il s’est souvent entretenu. Il analyse la société et l’esprit russes. Et il garde l’espoir d’une société libre et démocratique, pour laquelle il œuvre activement au sein d’Open Russia. En annexes de la fiche de lecture, sont présentées la biographie de Vladimir Poutine et celle de l’auteur du livre.

Author : Mikhail Khodorkovsky
Publisher : ABRAMS
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2015-02-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781468311617

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My Fellow Prisoners by Mikhail Khodorkovsky Pdf

The Russian oil mogul and activist offers reflections on his decades-long incarceration under Putin in this “illuminating and brave” prison memoir (The Washington Post). Mikhail Khodorkovsky was Russia’s most successful businessman—and an outspoken critic of the Kremlin. As his oil company Yukos revived the Russian oil industry, Khodorkovsky began sponsoring programs to encourage civil society and fight corruption. Then he was arrested at gunpoint. Sentenced to ten years in a Siberian penal colony on fraud and tax evasion charges in 2003, Khodorkovsky was put on trial again in 2010 and sentenced to fourteen years on new charges that contradicted the previous ones. While imprisoned, Khodorkovsky fought for the rights of his fellow prisoners, going on hunger strike four times. After he was pardoned in 2013, he vowed to continue fighting for prisoners’ rights, and this book is dedicated to that work. A moving portrait of the prisoners Khodorkovsky met, My Fellow Prisoners is an eye-opening account of Russia’s brutal prison system. “Vivid, humane and poignant” —Financial Times

Author : Dr Sudhir Kumar
Publisher : Vij Books India Pvt Ltd
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2011-08-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789381411773

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Comparative Politics and Crisis of Governance by Dr Sudhir Kumar Pdf

Democracy as a political system, its creation and evolution and implications on the people and the states has been the dominant subject matter of the comparative politics in the last five decades. The litmus test of such explanations has been the societies undergoing political transition, switching over from authoritarian political systems to democratic ones. This book is an attempt to critically analyze the theories which have come up in the case of post-Soviet states’ political transition began after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The book argues that democratization should be seen as a broader phenomenon with the objective of building an equal and just social order. Secondly, the dilemma of explaining democracy in theory and in practice can be better explained with the analysis of the nature of state i.e. who governs and how. Thirdly, the nature of any state should be measured on the principles of democratic governance. Here three major indicators of democratic governance have been selected: participation, transparency, and accountability. Analysing Russia within this research framework the book argues that despite having all the capabilities to be a strong state the Russian state has been facing acute crisis of governance being reflected in violent separatist movements, violation of constitutional laws and increasing crime rate. A major reason behind the crisis of governance in Russia is the lack of application of principles of democratic governance at various levels of transition: from the constitution making process to implementation of welfare and other public policies.

Author : Thane Gustafson
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 673 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2012-11-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674066472

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Wheel of Fortune by Thane Gustafson Pdf

The world’s largest exporter of oil is facing mounting problems that could send shock waves through every major economy. Gustafson provides an authoritative account of the Russian oil industry from the last years of communism to its uncertain future. The stakes extend beyond global energy security to include the threat of a destabilized Russia.

Author : Mark B. Smith
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190886059

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The Russia Anxiety by Mark B. Smith Pdf

A history of Russophobia and its living legacy in world affairs With proof of election-meddling and the relationship between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin an ongoing conundrum, little wonder many Americans are experiencing what historian Mark B. Smith calls "the Russia Anxiety." This is no new phenomenon. Time and time again, the West has judged Russia on assumptions of its inherent cunning, malevolence, and brutality. Yet for much of its history, Russia functioned no differently-or at least no more dysfunctionally-than other absolutist, war-mongering European states. So what is it about this country that so often provokes such excessive responses? And why is this so dangerous? Russian history can indeed be viewed as a catalog of brutal violence, in which a rotation of secret police-from Ivan the Terrible's Oprichina to Andropov's KGB and Putin's FSB-hold absolute sway. However, as Smith shows, there are nevertheless deeper political and cultural factors that could lead to democratic outcomes. Violence is not an innate element of Russian culture, and Russia is not unknowable. From foreign interference and cyber-attacks to mega-corruption and nuclear weapons, Smith uses Russia's sprawling history to throw light on contemporary concerns. Smith reveals how the past has created today's Russia and how this past offers hints about its future place in the world-one that reaches beyond crisis and confrontation.

Author : Martin Sixsmith
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2010-02-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781441179883

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Putin's Oil by Martin Sixsmith Pdf

This title investigates Vladimir Putin's war for control of Russia's vast oil reserves, in particular Mikhail Khodorkovsky's oil firm, Yukos. "Putin's Oil" investigates the complex world of Kremlin politics, including conspiracies and conspiracy theories, allegations that Roman Abramovitch plotted with Putin to destroy Khodorkovsky, suspicions of betrayal and double agents in the Kremlin and in Yukos, murder charges against Khodorkovsky's partners, and the KGB defector who claims they were carried out by Kremlin agents. After the mysterious death in a helicopter crash of the Englishman who had taken over Yukos, the company's war against the Kremlin is now being waged by a troika of mild mannered Britons, pursued by Interpol arrest warrants and Moscow's fury. Khodorkovsky remains in a penal camp in far Eastern Siberia. Martin Sixsmith, former BBC Moscow Correspondent, has gained unprecedented access to many of the players in the drama. The resulting book is both a thriller and an analysis of the defining moments of Putin's presidency and their ongoing impact in Russian and world politics.

Author : Edward Lucas
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137472618

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The New Cold War by Edward Lucas Pdf

The first edition of The New Cold War was published to great critical acclaim. Edward Lucas has established himself as a top expert in the field, appearing on numerous programs, including Lou Dobbs, MSNBC, NBC Nightly News, CNN, and NPR. Since The New Cold War was first published in February 2008, Russia has become more authoritarian and corrupt, its institutions are weaker, and reforms have fizzled. In this revised and updated third edition, Lucas includes a new preface on the Crimean crisis, including analysis of the dismemberment of Ukraine, and a look at the devastating effects it may have from bloodshed to economic losses. Lucas reveals the asymmetrical relationship between Russia and the West, a result of the fact that Russia is prepared to use armed force whenever necessary, while the West is not. Hard-hitting and powerful, The New Cold War is a sobering look at Russia's current aggression and what it means for the world.

Author : Nina Khrushcheva,Jeffrey Tayler
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2019-02-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781250163240

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In Putin's Footsteps by Nina Khrushcheva,Jeffrey Tayler Pdf

In Putin’s Footsteps is Nina Khrushcheva and Jeffrey Tayler’s unique combination of travelogue, current affairs, and history, showing how Russia’s dimensions have shaped its identity and culture through the decades. With exclusive insider status as Nikita Khrushchev’s great grand-daughter, and an ex-pat living and reporting on Russia and the Soviet Union since 1993, Nina Khrushcheva and Jeffrey Tayler offer a poignant exploration of the largest country on earth through their recreation of Vladimir Putin’s fabled New Year’s Eve speech planned across all eleven time zones. After taking over from Yeltsin in 1999, and then being elected president in a landslide, Putin traveled to almost two dozen countries and a quarter of Russia’s eighty-nine regions to connect with ordinary Russians. His travels inspired the idea of a rousing New Year’s Eve address delivered every hour at midnight throughout Russia’s eleven time zones. The idea was beautiful, but quickly abandoned as an impossible feat. He correctly intuited, however, that the success of his presidency would rest on how the country’s outback citizens viewed their place on the world stage. Today more than ever, Putin is even more determined to present Russia as a formidable nation. We need to understand why Russia has for centuries been an adversary of the West. Its size, nuclear arsenal, arms industry, and scientific community (including cyber-experts), guarantees its influence.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 834 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : LCCN:2019335095

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Conundrum by Anonim Pdf

Author : Robert R. King,Gi-Wook Shin
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2022-04-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781931368681

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The North Korean Conundrum by Robert R. King,Gi-Wook Shin Pdf

North Korea is consistently identified as one of the world’s worst human rights abusers. However, the issue of human rights in North Korea is a complex one, intertwined with issues like life in the North Korean police state, inter-Korean relations, denuclearization, access to information in the North, and international cooperation, to name a few. There are likewise multiple actors involved, including the two Korean governments, the United States, the United Nations, South Korea NGOs, and global human rights organizations. While North Korea’s nuclear weapons and the security threat it poses have occupied the center stage and eclipsed other issues in recent years, human rights remain important to U.S. policy. The contributors to The North Korean Conundrum explore how dealing with the issue of human rights is shaped and affected by the political issues with which it is so entwined. Sections discuss the role of the United Nations; how North Koreans’ limited access to information is part of the problem, and how this is changing; the relationship between human rights and denuclearization; and North Korean human rights in comparative perspective.

Author : Yukon Huang
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780190630041

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Cracking the China Conundrum by Yukon Huang Pdf

China's rise is altering global power relations, reshaping economic debates, and commanding tremendous public attention. Despite extensive media and academic scrutiny, the conventional wisdom about China's economy is often wrong. Cracking the China Conundrum provides a holistic and contrarian view of China's major economic, political, and foreign policy issues. Yukon Huang trenchantly addresses widely accepted yet misguided views in the analysis of China's economy. He examines arguments about the causes and effects of China's possible debt and property market bubbles, trade and investment relations with the Western world, the links between corruption and political liberalization in a growing economy and Beijing's more assertive foreign policies. Huang explains that such misconceptions arise in part because China's economic system is unprecedented in many ways-namely because it's driven by both the market and state- which complicates the task of designing accurate and adaptable analysis and research. Further, China's size, regional diversity, and uniquely decentralized administrative system poses difficulties for making generalizations and comparisons from micro to macro levels when trying to interpret China's economic state accurately. This book not only interprets the ideologies that experts continue building misguided theories upon, but also examines the contributing factors to this puzzle. Cracking the China Conundrum provides an enlightening and corrective viewpoint on several major economic and political foreign policy concerns currently shaping China's economic environment.

Author : Martin Sixsmith
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-31
Category : History
ISBN : 1468305018

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Russia by Martin Sixsmith Pdf

Combining in-depth research with his personal experiences as the BBC Moscow correspondent for almost 20 years, Sixsmith tells Russia's full and fascinating story, from its foundation in the last years of the 10th century to the first years of the 21st, skillfully tracing the conundrums of modern Russia to their roots in its troubled past.

Author : B. M. Jain
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2019-04-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781498571760

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South Asia Conundrum by B. M. Jain Pdf

South Asia Conundrum offers fresh ideas and enlightening narratives about how geopolitical and geostrategic entanglements of extra-regional powers, notably the United States, Russia and China, in South Asia and its extended neighborhood have transformed the Af-Pak region into a theater of unending conflict and political instability. The book addresses and illuminates the impending challenges and evaluates policy options before the Trump administration and US allies in dealing with the Afghan imbroglio. The book argues how the emerging strategic alliance among Russia, Iran, China and Pakistan has not only constrained US options in the region but has also constricted the US role and influence in South Asia, Afghanistan, and Central Asia. South Asian Conundrum further illustrates how the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a part of Beijing’s mega Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), constitutes a direct challenge to economic and security interests of India and the United States in the region. The scope of the book is not exclusively limited to South Asia. Its geostrategic and geo-economic ramifications are much larger and deeper in global and regional contexts, involving the Greater Middle East Asia, the triangular Russian-Chinese and Iranian strategic partnership, and the long term fallout of CPEC and China’s BRI on global political and economic architecture.