Crimea, Global Rivalry, and the Vengeance of History

Informationen zum Autor Hall Gardner is Professor and Chair of the International and Comparative Politics Department at American University of Paris, France. Klappentext Gardner examines the causes and consequences of Russia's annexation of Crimea. By analyzing alliance formations and the consequences of other annexations in world history, the book urges an alternative US-NATO-European-Japanese strategy toward both Russia and China in the effort to prevent a renewed arms race, if not global war. Zusammenfassung Gardner examines the causes and consequences of Russia's annexation of Crimea. By analyzing alliance formations and the consequences of other annexations in world history! the book urges an alternative US-NATO-European-Japanese strategy toward both Russia and China in the effort to prevent a renewed arms race! if not global war. Inhaltsverzeichnis General Introduction: The Vengeance of History 1. Renewed Cold War? World War I? World War II? Or Nothing of the Kind? 2. Genesis of the Russia-Ukraine Conflict 3. Soviet Collapse and Russia-Ukraine Conflict 4. Origins of the Russian Backlash 5. Uneven Polycentrism and the Global Crisis 6. A Cross-Historical Method 7. Why Major Power War is Still Possible-Though NOT Inevitable! 8. Future Pessimistic Scenarios 9. Once, and If, the Dust Settles

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• Authors: Hall Gardner, Professor Hall Gardner
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2015
• EAN: 9781137546760
• ISBN: 978-1-137-54676-0
• No. of pages: 260
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; B, Globalization, History: specific events & topics, Russia, European Politics, Political Science, International Relations, Warfare & defence, Political science & theory, Political History, World Politics, Palgrave Intern. Relations & Development Collection, Politics and war, Military and Defence Studies, Russian and Post-Soviet Politics, Russia—Politics and government