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Scholars, politicians, journalists, and other contributors from eastern and western Europe and the US argue that Russia's future prosperity and stability requires the country to adopt western governance and economic models and integrate into the US-European Union club. The move would also help stabilize the European Union, they say, and help keep the US in touch with the rest of the world. Among their topics are Russian culture and integration into the West, public opinion and pro-Western interest groups in Russia, the European Union's policies toward Russia, and Russia's security integration with America and Europe. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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The Putin and Bush presidencies, the 9/11 attack, and the war in Iraq have changed the dynamics of Russian-European-US relations and strained the Western alliance. Featuring contributions by leading experts in the field, this work is the first systematic effort to reassess the status of Russia's modernization efforts in this context. Part I examines political, economic, legal, and cultural developments in Russia for evidence of convergence with Western norms. In Part II, the contributors systematically analyze Russia's relations with the European Union, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and the United States in light of new security concerns and changing economic and power relationships.
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