Author: Andrew Monaghan File Type: epub How to handle Russia? This question has become ever more prominent as the Euro-Atlantic communitys relations with Russia languish in systemic crisis, with dialogue suspended, reciprocal sanctions in place and proxy wars raging. The wars in Ukraine and Syria, accusations of Russian interference in domestic politics and the attempted murder of the Skripals on UK soil have all contributed to soaring tension in the relationship.Yet faced with this array of serious challenges, Euro-Atlantic thinking about Russia remains stuck in twentieth-century rhetoric, trapped by misleading abstract labels and unsure whether to engage Moscow in dialogue or enhance deterrence and collective defence. Instead of thinking in these terms, leading Russia expert Andrew Monaghan argues that we must devise a new grand strategy for dealing with the Russians. Examining the ongoing Euro-Atlantic debate over Russia and framing Moscows own position towards the West, he sets out the foundations of a forward-looking strategy one that can accommodate the many complex challenges presented by this new era of competition between Russia, Europe and the United States.Review A brilliant and hugely enjoyable book. Cogent, well researched and cleverly argued, Monaghans illuminating analysis serves as a timely reminder of the dangers of misunderstanding Russia and an antidote to Russian stereotypes that prevail in the West. Nazrin Mehdiyeva, St Antonys College, OxfordAn aggressive, revanchist Russia and the return of great-power competition make this book required reading. Monaghans extensive knowledge of Russian history, politics, language and culture gives him insights that are crucial to understanding Russia and finding a way back to some sort of normal relationship between Russia and the West. Lieutenant General (Retired) Ben Hodges, Center for European Policy Analysis Dealing with the Russians provides a fresh, informed and rational approach to solving the problems that arise when nations attempt to deal strategically with the Russian Federation. It will be essential reading for those who prefer to master history rather than fall victim to it. David M. Glantz, Carlisle, PA About the Author Andrew Monaghan is Director of Research on Russia and Northern European Defence and Security, The Changing Character of War Centre, Pembroke College, University of Oxford.

Author: Quinn Slobodian File Type: pdf Neoliberals hate the state. Or do they? In the first intellectual history of neoliberal globalism, Quinn Slobodian follows a group of thinkers from the ashes of the Habsburg Empire to the creation of the World Trade Organization to show that neoliberalism emerged less to shrink government and abolish regulations than to redeploy them at a global level. Slobodian begins in Austria in the 1920s. Empires were dissolving and nationalism, socialism, and democratic self-determination threatened the stability of the global capitalist system. In response, Austrian intellectuals called for a new way of organizing the world. But they and their successors in academia and government, from such famous economists as Friedrich Hayek and Ludwig von Mises to influential but lesser-known figures such as Wilhelm Ropke and Michael Heilperin, did not propose a regime of laissez-faire. Rather they used states and global institutionsthe League of Nations, the European Court of Justice, the World Trade Organization, and international investment lawto insulate the markets against sovereign states, political change, and turbulent democratic demands for greater equality and social justice. Far from discarding the regulatory state, neoliberals wanted to harness it to their grand project of protecting capitalism on a global scale. It was a project, Slobodian shows, that changed the world, but that was also undermined time and again by the inequality, relentless change, and social injustice that accompanied it. **