Russia in the 21st Century: The Prodigal SuperpowerThis book demonstrates that Russia intends to re-emerge as a full fledged superpower before 2010 that would challenge America and China and potentially threaten a new arms race. Contrary to conventional wisdom, this goal is easily within the Kremlin's grasp, but the cost to the Russian people and global security would be immense. A sophisticated strategy is proposed to dissuade President Vladimir Putin from pursuing this destabilizing course. The cold war image of the Soviet Union as a westernizing, mass consumption society committed to "peaceful coexistence" is exposed as a statistical illusion. A critique of American foreign policymaking is also provided that emphasizes the confusion caused by tempering evidence to conform with public expectations by failing to secure the national interest in favor of satisfying a consensus of particular special interests. |
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Table des matières
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MilitaryIndustrial Reform | 86 |
National Vulnerabilities | 101 |
Putins Choice | 117 |
Candor | 123 |
Conclusion | 131 |
Glossary | 137 |
Notes | 147 |
Selected Bibliography | 219 |
Index | 235 |
The Miasma of Global Engagement | 112 |
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Page 193 - The greater the threat, the greater is the risk of inaction. . .and the more compelling the case for taking anticipatory action to defend ourselves, even if uncertainty remains as to the time and place of the enemy's attack. To forestall or prevent such hostile acts by our adversaries, the United States will, if necessary, act preemptively.
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Page i - Steven Rosefielde is Professor of Economics at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and Adjunct Professor of Defense and Strategic Studies, Center for Defense and Strategic Studies, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield.

