Russia and America av Andrei P. Tsygankov

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<p>In recent times, US-Russia relations have deteriorated to what both sides acknowledge is an ¿all time low.¿ Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election and Putin¿s continued support for the Assad regime in Syria have placed enormous strain on this historically tense and complex relationship. </p><p>In one of the first analyses of the evolving Trump-Putin relationship, leading scholar of Russian foreign policy Andrei P. Tsygankov challenges the dominant view that US-Russia relations have entered a new Cold War phase. Russia¿s US strategy, he argues, can only be understood in the context of a changing international order. While America strives to preserve its global dominance, Russia¿the weaker power¿exploits its asymmetric capabilities and relations with non-Western allies to defend and promote its interests, and to avoid yielding to US pressures. Focusing on key areas of conflict and mutual convergence¿from European security to China and the Middle East, as well as cyb