Commentary
Dmitri Trenin
The End of Eurasia: Russia on the Border Between Geopolitics and Globalization
Trenin takes a look at the historical patterns of Russian territorial state formation, seeks to define the challenges and opportunities that Russia faces along its geopolitical fronts, and discusses various options for "fitting" Russia into the wider world.
Published on Feb 15, 2002
Source: Washington
About the Author
Dmitri Trenin is deputy director of the Carnegie Moscow Center, where he specializes in foreign and security policy. He retired from the Russian Army in 1993 after a military career that included participation in the strategic arms control negotiations in Geneva. He is coeditor of Ambivalent Neighbors: The EU, NATO and the Price of Membership and coauthor of the forthcoming book Russia's Restless Frontier: The Chechnya Factor in Post-Soviet Russia (March 2004).
Advance Praise
"This work is both the best and the most thought-provoking book on Russian foreign policy around, written by a Russian who is ahead of his time and the vast majority of his countrymen."
—Foreign Affairs
"Trenin presents a breath of fresh air with uncommon authenticity by turning the centuries-old Russian obsession with territorial expansion upside down...Well-written and recommended for upper-division undergraduates and graduate students."
—CHOICE
"An extraordinary and thought-provoking book on Russia's place in the world."
—The Japan Times
"This ambitious undertaking by a well-known author is a major contribution to both the literature in Russian area studies and theoretical research focusing on the development of political identity....The book successfully legitimates the study of geopolitics to answer important questions concerning shifts in national identity."
—International Politics
"A fascinating and pragmatic look at what potentially lies beyond the horizon for Russia...a must read for anyone trying to understand today's Russia."
—The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs
"A sober and incisive analysis..."
—Zbigniew Brzezinski
"Dmitri Trenin demolishes the windy concept of 'EuroAsia' and meticulously analyses Russia's place in the modern world. His coolly rational view is coming to be more widely shared in Russia, including, it seems by its current president. That is good news for the rest of us."
—Rodric Braithwaite, former British Ambassador to the USSR and to Russia
About the Author
Dmitri Trenin
Former Director, Carnegie Moscow Center
Trenin was director of the Carnegie Moscow Center from 2008 to early 2022.
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