03516nam 22005895 450 991086525630332120250922153758.09783031586699(electronic bk.)978303158668210.1007/978-3-031-58669-9(MiAaPQ)EBC31471661(Au-PeEL)EBL31471661(CKB)32273980700041(DE-He213)978-3-031-58669-9(OCoLC)1439598201(EXLCZ)993227398070004120240612d2024 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierDeciphering Russian Enigma In 15 Questions and 30 Answers /by Ofer Fridman, Vera Michlin-Shapir1st ed. 2024.Cham :Springer Nature Switzerland :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2024.1 online resource (187 pages)Print version: Fridman, Ofer Deciphering Russian Enigma Cham : Palgrave Macmillan,c2024 9783031586682 Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The Kremlin -- Chapter 3: The People -- Chapter 4: The Economy -- Chapter 5: The Military -- Chapter 6: The (Dis-) Information Machine -- Chapter 7: Conclusion.This book is about Russia. Yet, this book is not about Russia per se. To those, whose sole interest is a better understanding of the Kremlin’s decision making and how it shapes Russia’s present and future, we would refer to a rather long list of sources that we dutifully noted throughout the book. Instead, based on our expertise in Russian studies and the challenges that we experienced in the past 2 years, this book aims to offer a methodology to address questions when there is no ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ answer (due to lacking reliable information). Any attempt to answer this sort of questions using the commonly accepted deductive approach, based on scientific methods is bound to fail, because of the very nature of these questions. Therefore, using Russia as a case study, this book aims to advance a way of analysing (however limited, biased and uncertain) available information to advance a more critical understanding of the subject in question by using the methodology of dialectic inquiry. Ofer Fridman is Senior Lecturer at the Department of War Studies, King's College London and Director of Operations at Sympodium Institute for Strategic Communications. Vera Michlin-Shapir is Director of Education at Sympodium Institute for Strategic Communications and Visiting Research Fellow at King’s Russia Institute, King’s College London.Political scienceInternational relationsSecurity, InternationalPolitics and International StudiesInternational RelationsInternational Security StudiesMethodology of Political SciencePolitical science.International relations.Security, International.Politics and International Studies.International Relations.International Security Studies.Methodology of Political Science.320.60947Friedman Ofer1860277Michlin-Shapir Vera1629610MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9910865256303321Deciphering Russian Enigma4464987UNINA