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Fiona Hill, "There Is Nothing for You Here: Opportunity in an Age of Decline" (Mariner Books, 2021)

New Books in World Affairs

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The Soviet Union and Its Reforms

In the 19 nineties, when the soviet union falls apart, under boris yeltson, a group of reformers do exactly what margaret thatcher did. They try to privatize this massive, a edifice of heavy industry and manufacturing industry. Outside of moscow, nothing new appears. And people get frustrated. They get angry. Their identity disappears with the work place. This is fantastic fertile ground for leaders who say tar will make things great again. Because there's nothing there for people in the forgotten places where it was once called 'siberia' In many other parts of the world, particuly the northeast of england and also parts of russia

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