Failure. Russia Under Putin

Harley Balzer is Emeritus Professor of Government and International Affairs and an associate faculty member of the Department of History at Georgetown University, USA. Steven A. Fisher is a career emerging markets finance professional and worked for thirty-five years with Citibank, including sixteen years in the former Soviet Union in senior leadership positions in Moscow and Kyiv.

• Introduction, Harley D. Balzer (Georgetown University, USA) and Steven A. Fisher (Finance Professional, Citibank)Part I: Economy1.The Failure of Putinomics, Sergei Guriev (London Business School, UK)2.Foreign Direct Investment and International Capital: Lost in a Russian Abyss, Steven A. Fisher (Finance Professional, Citibank)3.Russian Energy: From Leading Supplier to Purveyor of Discounted Goods, Agnia Grigas (Atlantic Council, USA)4.Counterpoint: The Rationalization of Russian Agriculture, Allan Mustard (Former U.S. Ambassador, Turkmenistan)Part II: Society5.Who Are We? Russia’s Post-Soviet Identity-Building Failure, Maria Snegovaya (Georgetown University, USA)6.Protests in Civil Society in Russia, Alfred B. Evans Jr. (California State University-Fresno, USA)7.Russian Human Capital: Decline or Demise? Harley D. Balzer (Georgetown University, USA)8.Ethnic Diversity, Guzel Yusupova (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany)9.How Putin’s Sexism and LGBTQ-Phobia Endanger Russia’s and the World’s Future, Janet Elise Johnson (Brooklyn College and City University of New York, USA)Part III: Governance10.The Siloviki, Brian D. Taylor (Syracuse University, USA)11.“Dictatorship of Law” or Just Dictatorship? Ivan Pavlov (Attorney, Russia)12.Russia’s Military Failures in Ukraine: Causes and Consequences, Aleksandr Golts (Swedish Institute of International Affairs)13.How Putin Turned Foreign Policy Success into Strategic Defeat, Peter Clement (Columbia University, USA)Afterword, Harley D. Balzer (Georgetown University, USA) and Steven A. Fisher (Finance Professional, Citibank)ContributorsIndex

This excellent book is written by outstanding longtime experts on Russia, each focusing on their area of expertise. It does not accept Kremlin propaganda but penetrates Russia’s many weak spots. The reader arrives at a clear picture: Russia is not well and its system does not appear sustainable for long.