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From Moscow, the world looks different. It is through understanding how Russia sees the world--and its place in it--that the West can best meet the Russian challenge. Russia and the West are like neighbors who never seem able to understand each other. A major reason, this book argues, is that Western leaders tend to think that Russia should act as a ""rational"" Western nation--even though Russian leaders for centuries have thought and acted based on their country's different history and traditions. Russia, through Western eyes, is unpredictable and irrational, when in fact its leaders almost always act in their own predictable and rational ways. For Western leaders to try to engage with Russia without attempting to understand how Russians look at the world is a recipe for repeated disappointment and crises. Keir Giles, a senior expert on Russia at Britain's prestigious Chatham House, describes how Russian leaders have used consistent doctrinal and strategic approaches to the rest of the world. These approaches may seem alien in the West, but understanding them is essential for successful engagement with Moscow. Giles argues that understanding how Moscow's leaders think--not just Putin but his predecessors and eventual successors--will help counterparts in the West develop a less crisis-prone and more productive relationship with Russia.

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Keir Giles is senior consulting fellow for the Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House and director of the Conflict Studies Research Centre. He has spent three decades explaining Russia, for the BBC, the UK Ministry of Defence, Chatham House, NATO and in the private sector. His publications include Russia's 'New' Tools for Confronting the West, the Handbook of Russian Information Warfare, and Moscow Rules. Keir Giles is senior consulting fellow for the Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House and director of the Conflict Studies Research Centre. He has spent three decades explaining Russia, for the BBC, the UK Ministry of Defence, Chatham House, NATO and in the private sector. His publications include Russia's 'New' Tools for Confronting the West, the Handbook of Russian Information Warfare, and Moscow Rules. Keir Giles is senior consulting fellow for the Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House and director of the Conflict Studies Research Centre. He has spent three decades explaining Russia, for the BBC, the UK Ministry of Defence, Chatham House, NATO and in the private sector. His publications include Russia's 'New' Tools for Confronting the West, the Handbook of Russian Information Warfare, and Moscow Rules.

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