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What Happens When Soft Power Fails.
- Source :
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Nationalities Papers . Nov2022, Vol. 50 Issue 6, p1252-1254. 3p. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- In the wake of Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea, US president Barack Obama infamously called Putin's Russia "a regional power [...] threatening some of its immediate neighbours, not out of strength but out of weakness. [...] The fact that Russia felt it had to go in militarily and lay bare these violations of international law indicate[d] less influence, not more." Obama's words reportedly angered Putin, who had long striven to convince the West, and primarily the USA, to treat Russia as a geopolitical equal. Being considered a regional power fundamentally denied equality with superpowers such as the USA. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *FASCISM
RUSSIA-United States relations
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00905992
- Volume :
- 50
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Nationalities Papers
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 160228480
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/nps.2021.111