Dorothy Horsfield
Russia in the Wake of the Cold War
Perceptions and Prejudices
Lexington Books, 2017
Amid widespread and increasing alarm in Western strategic and foreign policy circles following Russia’s capture of Crimea, support for rebels in Ukraine, and military intervention in Syria, this study provides a timely and sophisticated analysis of the nature and intentions of post-Soviet government under President Vladimir Putin. Based on both Russian and non-Russian sources, this book examines the enduring Cold War legacies underpinning Western perceptions of contemporary Russia. It analyzes the ways in which the West has interpreted and reacted to Russia’s domestic authoritarianism and foreign policy behavior and argues for diplomatic engagement based on liberal pluralism.
About the Author
Dr Dorothy Horsfield is a Visiting Fellow in the Australian National University’s (ANU) College of Arts and Social Sciences and is a member of the Steering Committee of the university’s Emeritus Faculty. She has a Master of Strategic Affairs (Hons) from ANU, a Master of Science(Hons) from London School of Economics and Political Science, and a PhD in Post-Soviet Russia from ANU. She has worked as a journalist in Moscow, the UK, Berlin, Abu Dhabi, Afghanistan, the Thai-Burma border and Australia. She has published five books of both fiction and non fiction, as well as poetry and articles in academic journals and in the wider print media. Her most recent book, Russia in the Wake of the Cold War Perceptions and Prejudices, (Lexington US) was published in 2017.
Dorothy was a member of a group of women writers based in Canberra known as the “Canberra Seven” or "Seven Writers". The group began with three members in 1980, growing to seven by 1984. In addition to Dorothy Horsfield, they were Marion Halligan, Dorothy Johnston, Margaret Barbalet, Sara Dowse, Suzanne Edgar, and Marian Eldridge. The group essentially disbanded after Marian Eldridge's death in 1997. However, before that they met regularly to critique each other's work, and published a book of short stories called Canberra Tales in 1988. The colourful MARION graphic used across our collateral is an acknowledgment of this important group of tenacious, talented writers. The form is divided into seven; one for each member of the group.
