Steven Rosefielde is Professor of Economics at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. In 1997 he was inducted into the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (RAEN). His recent publications include Russia in the 21st Century: The Prodigal Superpower (2005), Masters of Illusion: American Leadership in a New Age (2007), Russian Economy from Lenin to Putin (2007), Russia since 1980: Wrestling with Westernization (2008), and Transformation and Crisis in Russia, Ukraine, Central and Eastern Europe: Challenges and Prospects (2016).

• Part I. Crimea's Annexation: 1. Vendetta; 2. Annexation; Part II. Resurgent Cold War: 3. Punitive measures; 4. Minsk II protocol; 5. Partnership to Cold War; 6. War of attrition; Part III. Correlation of Forces: 7. Putin's economy; 8. Ukranian morass; 9. Western secular stagnation; 10. Military cross-currents; 11. X-Factors; Part IV. Duty to Prevail: 12. Strategies; 13. Double gaming; Part V. What Is to Be Done: 14. Coexistence; 15. Eternal Russia.

'Professor Rosefielde has given us a carefully researched, well-informed, and analytically rigorous study which shows that Russia is economically and militarily stronger than the West concedes. He explains the political situations which make for a formula for a new cold war and resulting piecemeal humiliation of the West. No one else writing about Russia offers this provocative and significant perspective.' Quinn Mills, Harvard University, Massachusetts

Steven Rosefielde is Professor of Economics at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. In 1997 he was inducted into the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (RAEN). His recent publications include Russia in the 21st Century: The Prodigal Superpower (2005), Masters of Illusion: American Leadership in a New Age (2007), Russian Economy from Lenin to Putin (2007), Russia since 1980: Wrestling with Westernization (2008), and Transformation and Crisis in Russia, Ukraine, Central and Eastern Europe: Challenges and Prospects (2016).

• Part I. Crimea's Annexation: 1. Vendetta; 2. Annexation; Part II. Resurgent Cold War: 3. Punitive measures; 4. Minsk II protocol; 5. Partnership to Cold War; 6. War of attrition; Part III. Correlation of Forces: 7. Putin's economy; 8. Ukranian morass; 9. Western secular stagnation; 10. Military cross-currents; 11. X-Factors; Part IV. Duty to Prevail: 12. Strategies; 13. Double gaming; Part V. What Is to Be Done: 14. Coexistence; 15. Eternal Russia.

'Professor Rosefielde has given us a carefully researched, well-informed, and analytically rigorous study which shows that Russia is economically and militarily stronger than the West concedes. He explains the political situations which make for a formula for a new cold war and resulting piecemeal humiliation of the West. No one else writing about Russia offers this provocative and significant perspective.' Quinn Mills, Harvard University, Massachusetts

Steven Rosefielde is Professor of Economics at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. In 1997 he was inducted into the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (RAEN). His recent publications include Russia in the 21st Century: The Prodigal Superpower (2005), Masters of Illusion: American Leadership in a New Age (2007), Russian Economy from Lenin to Putin (2007), Russia since 1980: Wrestling with Westernization (2008), and Transformation and Crisis in Russia, Ukraine, Central and Eastern Europe: Challenges and Prospects (2016).

• Part I. Crimea's Annexation: 1. Vendetta; 2. Annexation; Part II. Resurgent Cold War: 3. Punitive measures; 4. Minsk II protocol; 5. Partnership to Cold War; 6. War of attrition; Part III. Correlation of Forces: 7. Putin's economy; 8. Ukranian morass; 9. Western secular stagnation; 10. Military cross-currents; 11. X-Factors; Part IV. Duty to Prevail: 12. Strategies; 13. Double gaming; Part V. What Is to Be Done: 14. Coexistence; 15. Eternal Russia.

'Professor Rosefielde has given us a carefully researched, well-informed, and analytically rigorous study which shows that Russia is economically and militarily stronger than the West concedes. He explains the political situations which make for a formula for a new cold war and resulting piecemeal humiliation of the West. No one else writing about Russia offers this provocative and significant perspective.' Quinn Mills, Harvard University, Massachusetts