Introduction - schools of thought; "Russia first" and a return to history; Russia, relations with the West and the near abroad; Russia's economy, the military-industrial complex and the mafia; the Duma elections and the triumph of "Russia first"; "Russia first" in the 1996 presidential election campaign.
The author argues that Russia is leading back towards more comfortable and familiar territory away from the West, and that it is developing its own "Tsarist" solutions with profound effects on domestic and foreign policy.
Lord Truscott of St James’s was appointed as a Member of the House of Lords in 2004. From 2006 to 2007, he was the UK’s Energy Minister and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy at the Department of Trade and Industry. He represented Hertfordshire in the European Parliament between 1994 and 1999, and was Foreign Affairs and Defence Spokesman and Vice-President of the Security Committee. An expert on Russia, he has written a biography of Vladimir Putin and the Kursk submarine disaster amongst other works and many articles. He was Visiting Research Fellow with the Institute for Public Policy Research, and has written reports on European defence; political risk management and European energy security. He has a doctorate in modern history from Oxford University, and is a former Associate Fellow with the Royal United Services Institute for defence and security studies. He is a regular media commentator, especially on Russia.
Russia First was illuminating and required reading for anyone
trading with The Russian Federation. It is difficult for us to
grasp the Russian mindset and their ambivalence towards both East
and West. Beautifully researched.
*Dr Paul Dyer, Hon. History Fellow of Kent University, UK, Member
of the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security
Studies, financial markets entrepreneur and philanthropist*
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