Oilopoly: Putin, Power and the Rise of the New Russia - Softcover

Goldman, Marshall

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1851687475 ISBN 13: 9781851687473

Publisher: Oneworld Publications, 2010

Synopsis

Russia's spectacular recovery and reassertion of its superpower status is nothing short of an economic and political miracle. Marshall Goldman, one of the world's leading authorities on Russia, uncovers a gripping tale of intrigue, corruption, greed, patronage, nepotism, and oligarchy as Russian oil and gas drive its economy and reignite its traditional great power ambitions.

Based on extensive research, including several interviews with Vladimir Putin, this dramatic page-turner is the incredible story of one country’s unprecedented, meteoric return to the world stage.

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About the Author

Marshall Goldman is Professor of Economics Emeritus at Wellesley College and Senior Scholar at the Davis Center for Russian Studies at Harvard University. An internationally recognized authority on Russian history, politics, and economics, he has met with Mikhail Gorbachev and Vladimir Putin, and has advised former President George H.W. Bush and President George W. Bush on Russian affairs. His many other publications include Lost Opportunity: What has Made Economic Reform in Russia so Difficult, and The Piratization of Russia: Russian Reform Goes Awry. He has also written for such publications as Foreign Affairs, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The New Yorker, and is a regular contributor to the Russian newspapers, Moscow News and The Moscow Times.

From the Back Cover

Financially crippled and besieged by political crises following the fall of the Soviet Union, it looked as if Russia’s days as a superpower had come and gone. That it should recover and go on to accumulate the world’s third-largest holdings of foreign currency reserves in less than a decade is nothing short of an economic miracle. Oilopoly is the riveting tale of this dramatic resurgence, bringing to light the far-reaching and politically troubling implications of Russia’s mnew-found dominance in global energy markets.

A story of oil and gas, corruption and naked power, Oilopoly traces the rise of the Russian oil economy from its origins in the nineteenth century right through to Vladimir Putin’s determined efforts to rein in the oil oligarchs, re-nationalize Russia’s industries, and pay off its international debt. Charting Putin’s astounding success in transforming the country into the world’s largest oil producer, Marshall Goldman argues that Russia has rapidly evolved into a new breed of superpower – one whose energy-driven economy can, at the flick ofa switch, deprive entire nations of their most important resource. Narrated with panache by a world expert on Russia, this is an indispensable read for anyone interested in world politics and the future of our global energy supply.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oneworld Publications
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1851687475
• ISBN 13: 9781851687473
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256