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“thane gustafson”

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  • Perfect Storm

    Russia's Failed Economic Opening, the Hurricane of War and Sanctions, and the Uncertain Future

    by Thane Gustafson ...
    The story of Russia's historic opening to the West (1992-2022), where it succeeded and why it has failed, the impact of war and sanctions, and the prospects for Russia's future. Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022 brought a tragic close to a thirty-year period of history that began with the collapse of the Soviet Union and the reopening of Russia to the West after six decades of Soviet isolation. ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • The Bridge

    Natural Gas in a Redivided Europe

    by Thane Gustafson ...
    A Marginal Revolution Best Book of the YearWinner of the Shulman Book PrizeA noted expert on Russian energy argues that despite Europe’s geopolitical rivalries, natural gas and deals based on it unite Europe’s nations in mutual self-interest.Three decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the breakup of the Soviet empire, the West faces a new era of East–West tensions. Any vision of a modern ... Read more

    $27.89 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Klimat

    Russia in the Age of Climate Change

    by Thane Gustafson ...
    A discerning analysis of the future effects of climate change on Russia, the major power most dependent on the fossil fuel economy.Russia will be one of the countries most affected by climate change. No major power is more economically dependent on the export of hydrocarbons; at the same time, two-thirds of Russia’s territory lies in the arctic north, where melting permafrost is already imposing ... Read more

    $33.69 USD

  • Wheel of Fortune

    The Battle for Oil and Power in Russia

    by Thane Gustafson ...
    The Russian oil industry—which vies with Saudi Arabia as the world’s largest producer and exporter of oil, providing nearly 12 percent of the global supply—is facing mounting problems that could send shock waves through the Russian economy and worldwide. Wheel of Fortune provides an authoritative account of this vital industry from the last years of communism to its uncertain future. Tracking the ... Read more

    $19.49 USD

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    The Bridge

    Natural Gas in a Redivided Europe

    by Thane Gustafson ...
    Narrated by Sean Runnette ...

    Unabridged

    18 hours 5 min

    Three decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the breakup of the Soviet empire, the West faces a new era of East-West tensions. Any vision of a modern Russia integrated into the world economy and aligned in peaceful partnership with a reunited Europe has abruptly vanished.Two opposing narratives vie to explain the strategic future of Europe, one geopolitical and one economic, and both center ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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  • Putinomics

    Power and Money in Resurgent Russia

    by Chris Miller ...
    When Vladimir Putin first took power in 1999, he was a little-known figure ruling a country that was reeling from a decade and a half of crisis. In the years since, he has reestablished Russia as a great power. How did he do it? What principles have guided Putin’s economic policies? What patterns can be discerned? In this new analysis of Putin’s Russia, Chris Miller examines its economic policy ... Read more

    $16.19 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The New Geopolitics of Natural Gas

    by Agnia Grigas ...
    We are in the midst of an energy revolution, led by the United States. As the world’s greatest producer of natural gas moves aggressively to expand its exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG), America stands poised to become an energy superpower—an unanticipated development with far-reaching implications for the international order. Agnia Grigas drills deep into today’s gas markets to uncover the ... Read more

    $32.79 USD

  • Russian Energy Chains

    The Remaking of Technopolitics from Siberia to Ukraine to the European Union

    by Margarita M. Balmaceda ...
    Series series Woodrow Wilson Center Series
    Russia’s use of its vast energy resources for leverage against post-Soviet states such as Ukraine is widely recognized as a threat. Yet we cannot understand this danger without also understanding the opportunity that Russian energy represents. From corruption-related profits to transportation-fee income to subsidized prices, many within these states have benefited by participating in Russian ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Economic War

    Ukraine and the Global Conflict between Russia and the West

    by Maximilian Hess ...
    Vladimir Putin's first invasion of Ukraine, in 2014, set off a global economic clash, as the West used its clout with international markets to deter and penalize the Kremlin. The battlelines of this 'war by other means' traversed a series of deep economic connections, built up during Russia's oil, gas and commodities boom: global equity and capital markets, and transnational kleptocracy. ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Kazakhstan

    Unfulfilled Promise

    by Martha Brill Olcott ...
    At the outset of independence 18 years ago, Kazakhstan's leaders promised that the country's rich natural resources, with oil and gas reserves among the largest in the world, would soon bring economic prosperity. It appeared that democracy was beginning to take hold in this newly independent state. Nearly two decades later, Kazakhstan has achieved the World Bank's ranking of a "middle economic ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Russia's Response to Sanctions

    How Western Economic Statecraft is Reshaping Political Economy in Russia

    by Richard Connolly ...
    In the first in-depth analysis of the effects of sanctions on the Russian political economy, Richard Connolly details the Western sanctions targeting the energy, defense and financial sectors, and the Russian response. He explores how the Western sanctions have caused Russian officials to formulate rapid policy responses to enable the country to adapt to the new circumstances. The sanctions and ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • Russia’s Role in the Contemporary International Agri-Food Trade System

    Edited by Stephen K. Wegren, Frode Nilssen ...
    Series series Palgrave Advances in Bioeconomy: Economics and Policies
    This Open Access book analyses the emergence of Russia as a global food power and what it means for global food trade. Russia's strategy for food production and trade has changed significantly since the end of the Soviet period, and this is the first book to take account of Russia's rise as a food power and the global implications of that rise. It includes food trade policy and practice, and ... Read more

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