First Published in 2000

This highly innovative work challenges mainstream approaches to the study of Russian policy with its groundbreaking application of Marxism and dependency theories.

Using class analysis, it examines, in a meticulously documented study, what is perhaps the most important issue in world politics today: Russia and the West.

Unconventional yet powerful, it nevertheless comes up with highly persuasive conclusions. Whether one agrees with its challenging conclusions or not, they cannot be ignored.