This work traces the formulation and evolution of American foreign policy toward the Soviet Union and Russia during the tumultuous and uncertain decade following the end of the Cold War. It examines how American decision-makers - particularly in the executive branch - coped with opportunities and challenges presented by a new Russia. Based on extensive interviews with senior US and Russian officials, the book explains George H.W. Bush's response to the dramatic coup of August 1991 and the Soviet breakup several months later, examines Bill Clinton's efforts to assist Russia's transformation and integration, and analyses George W. Bush's policy toward Russia as September 11 and the war in Iraq transformed international politics. Throughout, the book focuses on trade-offs and linkages among America's interests in promoting democracy and markets in Russia, as well as its interests in reorienting Russia from security threat to security partner. Understanding how three US administrations dealt with these critical policy questions is vital for thinking about not only America's Russia policy but also efforts to help transform and integrate other former adversaries.
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"Power and Purpose provides the best coverage of this crucial issue that I have read." -- Anthony Lake, former National Security Adviser
"This book is likely to be the definitive work on U.S. policy toward Russia for some time." -- Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
"This book is likely to be the definitive work on U.S. policy toward Russia for some time." -- Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
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James M. Goldgeier is director of the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies at George Washington University, where he is associate professor of political science and international affairs. He is also an adjunct senior fellow in Europe studies at the Council on Foreign Relations.
Michael McFaul is the Peter and Helen Bing Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution. He is also an associate professor of political science at Stanford University and a nonresident associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
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Little scholarship exists examining the U.S policy towards Russia post 1991. Many books document the environmental catastrophes of Russia, the business climate, the `Oligarchs' and the war in Chechnya but there is a dearth of knowledge surrounding U.S-Russia relations. Building on the `Lenin's Tomb' and "Resurrection' as well as `The Oligarchs' this book explains the quixotic nature of U.S policy. From George Bush's support of Yeltsin to Clintons aiding of the youthful Russian economy to George W. Bush's "I Saw his soul" speech in regards to Putin. A whirlwind account documenting many of the American efforts vis-à-vis the former Soviet States this book is essential reading for those interested in the current Georgian crises and the fate of Mr. Shevrednadze. Also included here are insights into the Chechan conflict, the Kursk, Putin's nationalism, Zhironovsky's fascism, Yeltsin's infirmity and the fledgling `cowboy' capitalism of Russia's oligarchs and mafia. A wide ranging subject, of interest to Russian scholars and American policy buffs as well as the average historian and Political scientist.
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regime transformers, power balancers, promoting regime change, rocket deal, arms control deal, other newly independent states, reactor sale, foreign policymakers, foreign policy team, new independent states, democracy assistance, cooperative threat reduction, coordinating conference, gradual devaluation, preventive defense, strategic nuclear warheads, democracy promotion, reform team, international security policy, foreign policy officials, domestic transformation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Days of Defeat and Victory (Jackson School Publications in International Studies) by E. T. Gaidar on 5 pages
- Russia's Unfinished Revolution: Political Change from Gorbachev to Putin by Michael McFaul on 4 pages
- Opening NATO's Door by Ronald D. Asmus in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Autopsy on an Empire by Jack Matlock in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Russia's 1996 Presidential Election: The End of Polarized Politics (HOOVER INST PRESS PUBLICATION) by Michael McFaul in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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- Popular Choice and Managed Democracy: The Russian Elections of 1999 and 2000 by Timothy J. Colton in Back Matter, and Back Cover
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