| ID | 183255 |
| Title Proper | Hope Deferred |
| Other Title Information | Russia from 1991 to 2021 |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Braithwaite, Rodric |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The Soviet Union was formally replaced by the Russian Federation on 25 December 1991. Americans felt they had won the Cold War. Russians felt an angry sense of humiliation. The Soviet potential for collapse had become visible after Josef Stalin died in 1953. It was not corrected by the Soviet leadership nor picked up by Western governments, and it was masked by Soviet military and international success. But eventually the Soviet leadership could no longer ignore the growing crisis. They appointed Mikhail Gorbachev to find a remedy. He failed. His eventual successor, Vladimir Putin, used force to restore Russia’s role abroad, but ran an increasingly brutal and corrupt regime at home. Russians had hoped that Russia might become prosperous and stable, on good terms with its neighbours. Though that hope was much diminished by Christmas 2021, a flicker nevertheless remained. |
| `In' analytical Note | Survival : the IISS Quarterly Vol. 64, No.1; Feb-Mar 2022: p.29-44 |
| Journal Source | Survival : the IISS Quarterly Vol: 64 No 1 |
| Key Words | Vladimir Putin ; Mikhail Gorbachev ; Nikita Khrushchev ; Cold War ; Great-Power Competition |