A figure of controversy ever since he took over as acting president in 2000, Vladimir Putin has been little understood in the West. In this first full-scale analysis of Putin's leadership, prominent scholars explore the daunting domestic and international problems facing Russia today. Assessing the regime's efforts to rebuild the social, political, and economic shambles Putin inherited, the book considers such critical issues such as the economy, Chechnya, center-periphery relations, military reform, the media, the Duma, ...
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A figure of controversy ever since he took over as acting president in 2000, Vladimir Putin has been little understood in the West. In this first full-scale analysis of Putin's leadership, prominent scholars explore the daunting domestic and international problems facing Russia today. Assessing the regime's efforts to rebuild the social, political, and economic shambles Putin inherited, the book considers such critical issues such as the economy, Chechnya, center-periphery relations, military reform, the media, the Duma, democracy, foreign policy, the oligarchs, legal reform, and Putin himself. Despite his authoritarian approach, Putin's popularity has soared. The book concludes that if he remains in power as seems likely Putin will continue to address his country's problems in an incremental and centralized manner as he moves toward his goal of restoring Russia to the status of a world power.
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