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Michael McFaul: From Cold War to hot peace (2018)
"A revelatory, behind-the-scenes acount of Rusian-American relations from the optimistic days of the end of communism in the Reagan-Gorbachev era …
“Ross Ulbricht had been doing all his Silk Road work from his main daily laptop. …
Its balance of technical details, business knowledge and hilarious cautionary tales makes this book an accessible introduction to cryptocurrencies-skepticism. I can't wait for this book to become a history book (and even then, it will be worth the read), but as long as your friends, relatives, and even government representatives keep showing interest in crypto, you owe yourself to be informed about its questionable merits and potential risks.
The author's blog is also an invaluable resource about the subject. @davidgerard@circumstances.run
"A revelatory, behind-the-scenes acount of Rusian-American relations from the optimistic days of the end of …
Autobiographical account of the 'reset' era in US-Russia relationship, and analysis of why it largely failed. The core of the book is the question of how did the US and Russia went from increasing cooperation since the late 1980' to antagonism since 2012. A good complement for the paper "Putin, Putinism, and the Domestic Determinants of Russian Foreign Policy" by the same author.