Deception: Russiagate and the New Cold War

by Richard Sakwa

The specter of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election has cast a shadow over nearly the whole of Donald Trump’s presidency. Yet even the release of the Mueller report didn’t settle key questions related to Russia’s involvement in the election—there’s still little consensus on the extent and nature of covert activity by Russia aimed at influencing the election.
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With Deception, Richard Sakwa brings the knowledge from a long career of studying Russia to bear on these questions. He lays out the events that led the federal government to charge Russia with interference, and he challenges some of the more overblown claims of collusion, while putting other Russian activities in their historical and political context. In the midst of an overheated environment where political advantage often takes precedence over a search for truth, Deception will be essential reading for those who want to understand the story of 2016 and its implications for today.

Genres: History

176 pages, Hardcover

Published February 4, 2020

About the author

Richard Sakwa (born 1953) is Professor of Russian and European politics at the University of Kent. He writes books about Russian and Eastern European communist and post-communist politics.

Sakwa is currently Professor of Russian and European politics at the University of Kent. From 2001 to 2007 he was also the head of the University's Politics and International Relations department. He has published on Soviet, Russian and post-communist affairs, and has written and edited several books and articles on the subject.

Sakwa was also a participant of Valdai Discussion Club, an Associate Fellow of the Russia and Eurasia Programme at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, a member of the Advisory Boards of the Institute of Law and Public Policy in Moscow and a member of Academy of Learned Societies for the Social Sciences.

Reviews

[Liquidlasagna · Rating 5 out of 5]

The ‘Russiagate’ affair is one of the most far-reaching political events of recent years. But what exactly was the nature and extent of Russian interference in the campaign that led to the presidency of Donald J. Trump?

Richard Sakwa sets out the dramatic series of events that combined to create Russiagate and examines whether together they form a persuasive account of Russia’s role in the extraordinary 2016 American election.

Offering a meticulous account of the multiple layers in play, his authoritative analysis challenges the claims of Russian interference and collusion.

As we enter into a new cold war, this myth-busting, accessible and balanced account is essential reading to understand contemporary East-West relations.

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The specter of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election has cast a shadow over nearly the whole of Donald Trump’s presidency.

Yet even the release of the Mueller report didn’t settle key questions related to Russia’s involvement in the election—there’s still little consensus on the extent and nature of covert activity by Russia aimed at influencing the election.
​
With Deception, Richard Sakwa brings the knowledge from a long career of studying Russia to bear on these questions.

He lays out the events that led the federal government to charge Russia with interference, and he challenges some of the more overblown claims of collusion, while putting other Russian activities in their historical and political context.

In the midst of an overheated environment where political advantage often takes precedence over a search for truth, Deception will be essential reading for those who want to understand the story of 2016 and its implications for today.

[Kåre · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pudsigt skrevet. En slags artikler, som tilsammen kommer rundt om emnet. En del gentagelser.
Pointerne bliver ikke skåret meget skarpt, men bliver lidt løse, uklare. Jeg fornemmer, at Sakwa ikke vil skrive ligeud, at Trump havde ret.