Russia, China and the West in the Post – Cold War Era: The Limits of Liberal Universalism

A new book from Quincy Institute Research Fellow Suzanne Loftus, Russia, China and the West in the Post – Cold War Era: The Limits of Liberal Universalism, looks at great power relations in the post-Cold War era from a structural and identity perspective. It analyzes the following aspects of the “post-Cold War” era: the management of the U.S.-led “liberal international order”; the deterioration of Russian-Western relations; and the normative and structural significance of the rise of China. It argues that the war in Ukraine is the result of conflicting norms and power structures that were not given the space to co-exist in the European geographical space. It also posits that multipolarity is already upon us and that we should not fear it or seek to prevent it by engaging in reckless and dangerous power struggles. Rather, multipolarity is an international arrangement that is manageable if pluralism and pragmatism are applied in U.S. policy.
June 2023

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Suzanne Loftus

Suzanne Loftus is Research Fellow at the Quincy Institute’s Eurasia Program. She specializes in Russian foreign and domestic policy, nationalism and identity, and strategic competition between the great powers. Prior to arriving at QI, Suzanne worked for the Department of Defense as Professor of National Security at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies in Germany.

Richard Sakwa

Richard Sakwa is a British political scientist and a former professor of Russian and European politics at the University of Kent, a senior research fellow at the National Research University-Higher School of Economics in Moscow, and an honorary professor in the Faculty of Political Science at Moscow State University. 

Matthew Blackburn

Matthew Blackburn is a Senior Researcher in NUPI's Research Group on Russia, Asia and International Trade. His main research agenda addresses the politics of contemporary autocracies in Russia and Eurasia, including both domestic politics and interstate relations. He researches subnational variation in Russian society and regional politics

Anatol Lieven (Moderator)

Anatol Lieven is director of the Eurasia Program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. He was formerly a professor at Georgetown University in Qatar and in the War Studies Department of King’s College London. Lieven worked as a British journalist in South Asia, the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, and is author of several books on Russia and its neighbors.
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