Product Description

This book examines the interplay between energy policy and security policy under Vladimir Putin, and his drive to re-establish Russia’s ‘greatness’.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #916497 in Books
• Published on: 2008-01-31
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 228 pages

From the Back Cover

This book examines the interplay between energy policy and security policy under Vladimir Putin, and his drive to re-establish Russia’s ‘greatness’.

Assessing the internal contradictions of this policy, the book argues that Russia’s desire to strengthen its role of ‘energy security’ provider is undermined by its inability to secure growth in production of oil and gas. Further, the pressing demand to channel more resources into the military-industrial complex clashes with the growing need to invest in the energy complex, and the priority granted to strategic forces deprives the conventional forces of strike power and strategic mobility.

In conclusion, the author anticipates how these contradictions could be resolved, and suggests three short scenarios for Russia’s continuing transition in the next decade.

This book will be of interest to students of Russian politics, European politics and international security.

About the Author
Pavel Baev is a Research Professor at the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO).

Customer Reviews

Good historic summary
of Putin's two presidencies and some of his mistakes, but disappointing as regards the military - we are not presented with the constraints Russia's generals face in determining the future strategy of the armed forces - collapsing demography, rise of China, Iran, choice between different weapon systems, definition of the enemy, etc ....

A closer analysis of the thinking of the military strategists would have greatly increased the value of the book.