Physical Description
1 online resource (xii, 525 pages) : maps
Contents
Part 1. Twentieth-century Poland : war and Cold War
Seven days that shook the world
A difficult neighbourhood
Jan Karski's valiant failures
The worst of both worlds : Captain Witold Pilecki between Hitler and Stalin
Speaking truth to power and prejudice
Part 2. Poland and Russia since the fall of communism: drawing apart
Poland/Russia : peace or ceasefire?
Heading west, heading east : impressions from Warsaw and Moscow
Poland at the polls : a win for pragmatism
Poland's EU presidency : drawing the short straw.
Part 3. Turning points in Ukraine and Belarus
Ukraine: a sharp turn eastwards?
In Belarus, the leopard flaunts his spots
Part 4. Russia and the former Soviet republics : Putinisation at home and abroad
Russia and its western neighbours : a watershed moment
Russia's elections: leaving little to chance
Putin's Ceauşescu moment
Setbacks at home, successes abroad : the mixed fortunes of Vladimir Putin
Putin's phoney war
Re-enter Putin, weakened and resentful
The real Mr Putin stands up
Towards a greater Putistan? Part 1
Towards a greater Putistan? Part 2; Will Putin survive until 2018?
Putin's re-Sovietisation project and the Ukrainian jewel
Vladimir Putin : geopolitical wrecking ball
Putin's annus mirabilis.
Part 5. Putin reverts to cold war : changing the shape of Eurasia
Putin's last territorial demand
Ukraine : time to cut a deal?
Russian disinformation and Western misconceptions
Putin's parallel universe
Putin's Westpolitik : back to the USSR
Peace in our time
Ukraine conflict exposes Western weakness on Russia
Bling and propaganda in an ethics-free zone
Making nice and making enemies
Ukraine, out of sight.
Map 1: Russia and its western neighbours
Map 2: Ethno-linguistic map of Ukraine.
Map 3: The South Caucasian states: Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.
ISBN
9781760460600
1760460605
9781760460617
1760460613
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part 1. Twentieth-century Poland : war and Cold War -- Seven days that shook the world -- A difficult neighbourhood -- Jan Karski's valiant failures -- The worst of both worlds : Captain Witold Pilecki between Hitler and Stalin -- Speaking truth to power and prejudice -- Part 2. Poland and Russia since the fall of communism: drawing apart -- Poland/Russia : peace or ceasefire? -- Heading west, heading east : impressions from Warsaw and Moscow -- Poland at the polls : a win for pragmatism -- Poland's EU presidency : drawing the short straw.
Part 3. Turning points in Ukraine and Belarus -- Ukraine: a sharp turn eastwards? -- In Belarus, the leopard flaunts his spots -- Part 4. Russia and the former Soviet republics : Putinisation at home and abroad -- Russia and its western neighbours : a watershed moment -- Russia's elections: leaving little to chance -- Putin's Ceauşescu moment -- Setbacks at home, successes abroad : the mixed fortunes of Vladimir Putin -- Putin's phoney war -- Re-enter Putin, weakened and resentful -- The real Mr Putin stands up -- Towards a greater Putistan? Part 1 -- Towards a greater Putistan? Part 2; Will Putin survive until 2018? -- Putin's re-Sovietisation project and the Ukrainian jewel -- Vladimir Putin : geopolitical wrecking ball -- Putin's annus mirabilis.
Part 5. Putin reverts to cold war : changing the shape of Eurasia -- Putin's last territorial demand -- Ukraine : time to cut a deal? -- Russian disinformation and Western misconceptions -- Putin's parallel universe -- Putin's Westpolitik : back to the USSR -- Peace in our time -- Ukraine conflict exposes Western weakness on Russia -- Bling and propaganda in an ethics-free zone -- Making nice and making enemies -- Ukraine, out of sight.
Map 1: Russia and its western neighbours -- Map 2: Ethno-linguistic map of Ukraine. -- Map 3: The South Caucasian states: Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.