Putinism russia and its future with the west laqueur walter isbn 9781250064752 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. However upon reading the following chapters i began to realize that in order to understand russias future with the west i had to understand how this past history impacts on the future putinism points out that while putin has his own agenda in many respects its the russian peoples agenda putinism helped me to understand how the west is regarded by the russian people and that the goals . Putinism russia and its future with the west by walter laqueur is a fascinating exploration of the reasons that russia whether under the czars the former soviet union or post soviet iterations has never been able to get its act together russia default mode is towards entropy of one kind or another with a rich history of alcohol abuse xenophobia and zapadophobia fear of the west . Shareable link use the link below to share a full text version of this article with your friends and colleagues learn more. Putinism russia and its future with the west walter laqueur macmillan jun 30 2015 political science 320 pages 0 reviews there is no question that tensions between russia and american are on the rise the forced annexation of crimea the downing of malaysia airlines flight 17 and the russian governments treatment of homosexuals have created diplomatic standoffs and led to a volley