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Living in Interesting Times

By Rein Müllerson

Living in Interesting Times Memories

Living in Interesting Times

By Rein Müllerson

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These are the memoirs and reflections on the most acute issues of the contemporary world by a boy from the Estonian countryside who, through accident and pure ambition, ended up as a professor at Moscow University and adviser to President Gorbachev on matters of international law. After a stint as head of Estonian diplomacy at crucial moments in the restoration of its independence, he later became a centennial professor at the LSE and chair of international law at King's College London. This is not a traditional autobiography. Besides reflecting on issues he dealt with while advising Soviet leaders, such as Yakovlev in his speech on the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact or the status of the Kuril Islands, and their repercussions in today's world, the book analyses the roots of the crisis within liberal democracy, the upsurge of populism, the rise of China and the re-emergence of Russia as a great power. A Marco Polo fellow at Jiaotong University in China and recently awarded the highest Russian Order for foreigners - the Friendship Order by President Putin, Professor Müllerson, who lives in London, feels equally at home discussing the renewal of great-power competition, the problems of the European Union including Brexit, the conflict in Ukraine, as well as the negative impacts of political correctness both in the former USSR and today's West. Having lived equal thirds of his life in three different worlds and worked in and visited many countries as a UN diplomat, he is a man who understands small country mentality, though being 'spoilt' by great-power mindset.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
220
Release Date:
2021-04-30
Publication Date:
2021-04-30
Publisher:
Austin Macauley
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1398405094
ISBN13:
9781398405097
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
342 g
Height:
156 cm
Width:
234 cm
Thickness:
12 cm
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