Book Reading Session on Russian Studies Held by Documentary Information Center of Northeast Asian Studies College
On December 18th, 2021, a book reading session on Russian politics and diplomacy was held by the Documentary Information Center of Northeast Asian Studies College. Professor Xu Bo, Deputy Director of the Institute of International Politics, presided over the session, and some postgraduates of the Institute attended the session and shared their book reports.
The books chosen for this reading session are Putin: Russia’s Choice written by Richard Sakaw, a British expert on Russian politics, and Russia’s Development Path: Domestic Politics and International Society written by Pang Dapeng, a scholar on Russian studies of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. At the reading session, the students compared and analyzed the contents of the two books from the perspectives of the operating characteristics of Russia’s political system and its foreign policy shift. Prof. Xu Bo commented on the students’ sharing based on the changes in elite relationships, party politics and national identity in current Russian politics. In a warm and lively atmosphere, the reading session lasted nearly three hours and achieved the expected results.
The Documentary Information Center of the Northeast Asian Studies College provided material support for this activity. The center continuously strengthens its supporting role in the teaching and research of the college. With the help of the entire faculty, the center carefully collects high-level academic works on Northeast Asia international and regional studies, enriches the literature database, and strives for better learning and research conditions for teachers and students.
About the Books:
Richard Sakwa is a professor of Russian and European Politics at the University of Kent and an Associate Fellow of the Russia and Eurasia Programme at the Royal Institute of International Affairs (RISI). The book Putin: Russia’s Choice analyzes Putin’s political thought and policies from the perspectives of political parties, the federation and the nationality, focusing on the systemic contradictions in Russia’s politics, economy, culture and diplomacy and the road of Russia’s modernization and development.
Pang Dapeng is Deputy Director of the Institute of Russian, Eastern European & Central Asian Studies, CASS and Director and Research Fellow of Russian Research Center of CASS. The book Russia’s Development Path: Domestic Politics and International Society analyzes the internal and external situation of Russia within the Eurasian space from the perspective of Russia and sheds light on the interaction between domestic development and international institutions with Russia’s development path as the core clue.
