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Subject: New book: Andrei P. Tsygankov Russophobia: Anti-Russian Lobby and
American Foreign Policy (Palgrave)
Tsygankov, Andrei P. Russophobia: Anti-Russian Lobby and American Foreign
Policy. Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. 256 pp. $79.95 Cloth. ISBN:
978-0-230-61418-5
http://us.macmillan.com/russophobia
The book explains why the US-Russia post-9/11 partnership did not endure.
Washington backed away from its initial commitment to a new level of
cooperation with Moscow in addressing issues of terrorism, energy security,
political instability and weapons proliferation. Much of America's policy is
shaped by an ambition to remain the only world's superpower and by
activities of interest groups with the agenda of isolating Russia from the
Western world. Although these groups do not dictate the official policy,
their influence has been notable. The book analyzes the negative role played
by Russophobia and formulates a different approach to Russia in the
post-Cold War world.
Table of Contents:
1. The U.S. Russia Policy after 9/11
2. The Anti-Russian Lobby
3. The "New Cold War" and American Sense of History 4. The Chechnya
"Oppressor" and US Objectives in the Caucasus 5. The "Authoritarianism at
Heart" and Washington's Democracy Promotion 6. The "Expansionism by Habit"
and American Security 7. Russia's Energy "Imperialism" and US Interests 8.
Toward an Alternative Russia Approach
Appendix: The Lobby's Ideology and Examples of Activities, 2003-2008
"Andrei Tsygankov is one of the most profound analysts of both the rational
and the irrational aspects of the US-Russian relationship. His searching,
provocative book is an indispensable contribution to scholarship and to the
debate on US policy towards Russia."--Professor Anatol Lieven, King's
College London
"In this stimulating and insightful book, Andrei Tsygankov shows how fear
and loathing of Russia's political system as fundamentally incompatible with
the interests and values of the West have distorted American popular
perceptions of Russia and misguided U.S.
policies toward the former
Soviet Union. Arguing for a reorientation of U.S. attitudes and policies,
Tsygankov calls for engagement, reciprocity, and patience as the keys to
improving relations with an enormous, resource-rich, and strategically
important country."-- David S.
Foglesong, Associate
Professor of History at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and
author of /The American Mission and the "Evil Empire"/
Biography:
Andrei P. Tsygankov is Professor at the Departments of Political Science and
International Relations, San Francisco State University. A Russian native,
he is a graduate of Moscow State University (Candidate of Sciences, 1991)
and University of Southern California (Ph.D., 2000). His articles have
appeared in leading academic journals, and his latest books are /Russia's
Foreign Policy: Change and Continuity in National Identity/ (Rawman &
Littlefield, 2006) and Whose World Order: /Russia's Perception of American
Ideas after the Cold War/ (Notre Dame, 2004).
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