"Putin's World" By Angela Stent
How did Russia manage to reappear on the world stage and play a weak hand so effectively? In her book, Putin’s World, author and foreign policy expert Angela Stent examines the country's turbulent past, how it has influenced Putin, the Russians' understanding of their position on the global stage and their future international ambitions. Angela Stent is director of the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies and a professor of government and foreign service at Georgetown University. From 2004 to 2006, she served as national intelligence officer for Russia and Eurasia a...