{"product_id":"9781787388512-putins-war-on-ukraine","title":"Putin’s War on Ukraine","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRussia’s Campaign for Global Counter-Revolution\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhy did Putin invade Ukraine?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEight years after annexing Crimea, Russia embarked on a full-scale invasion of neighbouring Ukraine in February 2022. For Vladimir Putin, this was a legacy-defining mission—to restore Russia’s sphere of influence and undo Ukraine’s surprisingly resilient democratic experiment. Yet Putin’s aspirations were swiftly eviscerated, as the conflict degenerated into a bloody war of attrition and the Russian economy faced crippling sanctions. How can we make sense of his decision to invade?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book argues that Putin’s policy of global counter-revolution is driven not by systemic factors, such as preventing NATO expansion, but domestic ones: the desire to unite Russians around common principles and consolidate his personal brand of authoritarianism. This objective has inspired military interventions in Crimea, Donbas and Syria, and now all-out war against Kyiv.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSamuel Ramani explores why Putin opted for regime change in Ukraine, rather than a smaller-scale intervention in Donbas, and considers the impact on his own regime’s legitimacy. How has Russia’s long-term political and foreign policy trajectory shifted? And how will the international response reshape the world order?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40762340376673,"sku":"9781787388512","price":23.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_24134245.jpg?v=1716455376","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781787388512-putins-war-on-ukraine","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}