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Near Abroad
- Putin, the West, and the Contest over Ukraine and the Caucasus
- De: Gerard Toal
- Narrado por: Christopher Douyard
- Duración: 13 h y 30 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 1
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Before Russia invaded Ukraine, it invaded Georgia. Both states are part of Russia's "near abroad"—newly independent states that were once part of the Soviet Union. While the Russia-Georgia war of 2008 faded from the headlines in the wake of the global recession, the geopolitical contest that created it did not. Six years later, the specter of a revanchist Russia returned when Putin's forces invaded and annexed the Crimean peninsula. Eminent political geographer Gerard Toal moves beyond the polemical rhetoric to study the underlying territorial conflicts and geopolitical struggles.
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Want to understand the current Russo-Ukraine War?
- De Mark James en 09-01-22
- Near Abroad
- Putin, the West, and the Contest over Ukraine and the Caucasus
- De: Gerard Toal
- Narrado por: Christopher Douyard
Want to understand the current Russo-Ukraine War?
Revisado: 09-01-22
This book pre-dates the Feb 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. But, wow, it really does lay out a solid understanding of the forces that led to the invasion.
Unlike, say, Tim Marshall's take that geography is deterministic (at least somewhat) in terms of why states act the way the way they do, Gerard Toal dives into the scholastic literature on affect and the role of fear in Vladimir Putin's actions. Toal explores a range of motivations regarding Russia's actions in Georgia and its breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, and in Ukraine - including Crimea and the Donbas - and critiques each of them.
Like Tim Marshall, everything flows from the collapse of the Soviet Union and the subsequent breakup of Russian Empire masquerading as the USSR. 'Affect' - the role of emotions, in both autocratic societies like Russia and democratic societies like the USA and EU - is fully elucidated in regards to the collapse and breakup of the USSR.
The first chapter is a bit rough; it is clearly aimed at academics. But hang in there. The rest is aimed at both students of geopolitics and interested news and current events junkies.
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The Power of Geography
- Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World (Politics of Place)
- De: Tim Marshall
- Narrado por: Tim Marshall
- Duración: 10 h y 15 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 330
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From the author of the New York Times best seller Prisoners of Geography, the highly anticipated follow-up that uses 10 maps of crucial regions around the globe to explain the geopolitical strategies of today’s world powers and what it means for our future.
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Too much bias.
- De ajzend en 11-16-23
- The Power of Geography
- Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World (Politics of Place)
- De: Tim Marshall
- Narrado por: Tim Marshall
Really enjoyed this book. Learned a lot.
Revisado: 08-18-22
Really enjoyed this book. Learned a lot, and I am an academic Geographer! I was (pleasantly) surprised at the countries that Tim Marshall focused on: Australia, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Greece, Turkey, Spain, and the UK. That's eight of ten chapters. A ninth chapter focused on the Sahel region of Sub-Saharan Africa, and the final chapter on Outer Space. I am going to read his earlier work, Prisoners of Geography, next.
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