Russia's Geoeconomic Strategy for a Greater Eurasia (Rethinking Asia and International Relations)
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| Rating | : | 4.47 (555 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0415791685 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 206 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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This includes central topics such as ideology, energy and geoeconomics. Dr Glenn Diesen is an Adjunct Research Fellow at Western Sydney University and an affiliate at the Higher School of Economics, Moscow. He is the author of EU and NATO Relations with Russia, Routledge 2015.. Dr Diesen specialises in Russia’s approach to European and Eurasian integration, and the dynamics between the two
Moscow has progressively replaced geopolitics with geoeconomics as power is recognised to derive from the state’s ability to establish a privileged position in strategic markets and transportation corridors. Eurasian integration offers Russia the opportunity to address this ‘overreliance’ on the West by using the Russia’s position as a Eurasian state to advance its influence in Europe. Offering an account steeped in Russian economic statecraft and power politics, this book offers a rare glimpse into the dominant narratives of Russian strategic culture. The author offers discussion both on Russian responses and adaptations to the current power transition and the ways in which the economic i
If you want to know about this region and how it may develop, this is the book for you." - Prof. Glenn Diesen's analysis challenges the mainstream Western paradigm, which tends to pose the European Union in the centre of political, economic and intellectual development of Eurasia while being excessively pessimistic about any initiatives coming from non-Western powers. Richard Sakwa, University of Kent"Glenn Diesen has given us a sophisticated and compelling analysis of Eurasian geoeconomics and geopolitics, and of Russia's central part in this region. Drawing on a formidable conceptual and historical armoury, this book is an essential study of the nascent Greater Eurasia." - Prof. Alexander Lukin, National Research University Higher School of Economics. "A brilliant analysis of the major shift in the Eurasian balance of power, drawing on and fun