@article{1468307,
      note = {Includes index.},
      author = {Loftus, Suzanne.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1468307},
      title = {Russia, China and the West in the post-Cold War era : the  limits of liberal universalism /},
      abstract = {An exceptionally well-informed, balanced and perceptive  analysis of the origins and course of the Russo-Ukrainian  conflict. Essential reading. Richard Sakwa, Emeritus  Professor of Russian and European Politics, University of  Kent, UK As war rages in Ukraine yet the prospect of a  world after Putin becomes more thinkable, this is an  essential moment to examine the way naive assumptions about  the triumph of liberalism after the Cold War led to renewed  confrontation. This book unpicks the power but also the  limits of liberal hegemony, and makes a clear-eyed pitch  for a more pragmatic approach in the future. Prof. Mark  Galeotti, author of 'Putin's Wars: from Chechnya to  Ukraine' This book analyzes international affairs in the  post-Cold War era by taking a special look at identity,  norms and interests and the limits of liberal normative  universalism. The book assesses the causes of the  deterioration of Russian Western relations, the management  of the liberal international order, the challenges liberal  democracies face today, the rise of China and its  consequences on global governance, and the war in Ukraine  as an outcome of the dynamics described throughout the  book. China and Russia represent different normative  frameworks, have their own national interests, have  increased their relative strength and influence and  represent alternative economic and diplomatic partners for  the Global South. Meanwhile, rising populist sentiment in  western liberal democracies reflects important  dissatisfaction with establishment policies. This research  is particularly important for crafting creative solutions  to the dynamic changes of the 21st century and the rise of  nonwestern powers with different identities, interests and  norms. Suzanne Loftus is Research Fellow in the  Russia/Eurasia program at the Quincy Institute for  Responsible Statecraft. Her publications include Legitimacy  and Societal Consent under Putins Leadership: State  Capacity and National Identity, in Russian Politics, and  her book, Insecurity and the Rise of Nationalism in Putins  Russia (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018). .},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20089-2},
      recid = {1468307},
      pages = {1 online resource.},
}