Book HackFluid RussiaBy Vera Michlin-Shapir
In a Nutshell
Security expert Vera Michlin-Shapir outlines the efforts of Russian leadership to construct a fluid Russian identity in a post-Cold War world.
Favorite Quote
We live in a globalizing world. That means that all of us, consciously or not, depend on each other.
Zygmunt Bauman, Polish sociologist and philosopher
Introduction
The Kremlin has an undoubtedly wide influence on international affairs.
But the globalized world outside affects Russia's halls of power far more than vice versa.
Vera Michlin-Shapir is a Specialist in Russian and East European affairs who has previously worked for the Israeli National Security Council, the Israeli Prime Minister's Office, and the Israeli Institute for National Security Studies.
Michelin-Shapir currently works as a Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Strategic Communications at King's College London.
In Fluid Russia, Michlin-Shapir dissects nation-building in Russia after the Cold War, introducing a new approach to understanding modern Russian identity through the lens of globalization.
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