Description: J. L. Black's latest work is a rich and carefully crafted attempt to expose the textures of Russia's perceptions of itself and its place in the world. Based almost entirely on Russian sources, Vladimir Putin and the New World Order argues that to understand Russian foreign pol...
Brief description: Joseph Laurence (Larry) Black is professor emeritus and distinguished research professor at Carleton.
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"[Black] highlights some interesting but neglected source material and, in doing so, provides an important counterbalance to the western-based analyses that dominate foreign thinking about Russia. More generally, his detailed description of events, policy statements, and international agreements offers a good reference base to scholars in the field." --International Affairs
"Black's book is the most massively detailed examination of the foreign policy of Putin available, as far as I know, anywhere." --The Virginia Quarterly Review "Professor Black gives us the Russian view of the world by examining the first years of the Putin presidency. The book is, first, detailed history of the regime's foreign policy from December 1999 to May 2002. Second, it presents an analysis of the main areas of foreign policy concern. The sources are almost entirely Russian, which provides the reader with invaluable insights into the political mind of the Russian leadership, particularly that of Putin....Splendid book." --J. Frank Harrison, St. Xavier University, International Journal "Black presents the results of extensive research in the Russian press on key issues in Russian foreign policy from early 2000 through the middle of 2002. Recommended." --Choice Reviews