{"title":"Winfried Schneider-Deters","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinfried Schneider-Deters offers insightful analyses on modern geopolitical conflicts, with a particular focus on Eastern Europe. His works explore the complexities of Ukraine’s recent history and the ongoing war with Russia, providing detailed context and thoughtful commentary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders interested in \u003cem\u003ePolitics \u0026amp; Current Affairs\u003c\/em\u003e will find Schneider-Deters’ books illuminating, as they combine thorough research with a nuanced understanding of international relations and the dynamics shaping today's political landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"russias-war-in-ukraine-by-winfried-schneider-deters-9783838218762","title":"Russia's War in Ukraine","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUkraine expert Winfried Schneider-Deters intervenes in the debate on Russia's war against Ukraine with three timely essays, written during the winter of war in Kyiv in 2022\/2023. He critically discusses the ambivalent reception of Russian aggression not only in German society. Calls by intellectuals to stop arms deliveries and to negotiate and compromise with the aggressor are, in effect, calls for surrender; in the author's view, their signatories are thus making themselves into Putin's \"useful idiots.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSchneider-Deters points out the parallels between Putin and Hitler and analyses the Russian \"Weimar syndrome\" after the collapse of the Soviet Union as well as the roots of the current, specifically Russian fascism, the \"Rushism.\" He also gives a detailed account of the crimes committed by Russia's armed forces in Ukraine under international law.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe International Criminal Court in The Hague does not have jurisdiction over the crime of aggression, the \"supreme international crime.\" Schneider-Deters discusses the possible steps to create a new international tribunal along the lines of the Nuremberg trials, a \"Nuremberg II,\" in order to be able to hold the aggressor Putin criminally responsible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47487495635180,"sku":"9783838218762","price":87.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/5df8fa3eb0257abf9459aa1e19bb9892.jpg?v=1775775575"},{"product_id":"ukraines-fateful-years-20132019-vol-i-the-popular-uprising-in-winter-20132014-by-winfried-schneider-deters-9783838217253","title":"Ukraine’s Fateful Years 2013–2019: Vol. I: The Popular Uprising in Winter 2013\/2014","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis work is a contemporary historical, narrative analysis of events in and around Ukraine from 2013 to 2019. These years were almost as significant for Ukraine as the achievement of independence in 1991, because Ukraine was in danger of losing its independence again after the victory of the \u003cem\u003eMaidan\u003c\/em\u003e. This popular uprising against the kleptocratic regime of President Yanukovych led to a takeover of power by the parliamentary opposition—and to the total loss of influence by Russia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAgainst the threat of Russian troops deploying along the border, Russian agents in eastern Ukraine tried to bring about a \"Crimea scenario,\" i.e. the secession of the eastern part of the country. President Putin intended to resolve the \"Ukraine conflict\", which in truth is not a \"civil war\" but a Russian war of attrition against Ukraine, on his terms in the \"Minsk process\": namely, by creating an \"autonomous\" part of the Donbas within the Ukrainian state—as a lever for Russian influence over the whole of Ukraine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe author concludes by placing the Russian-Ukrainian conflict in the context of the dawning \"Chinese century\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book draws from academic literature, official publications, and a variety of current news in print and digital outlets. It is essential reading for everyone who wants to understand the current situation in Ukraine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47603349192940,"sku":"9783838217253","price":154.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9783838217253-ukraine-s-fateful-years-2013-2019-vol-i-the-popular-uprising-in-winter-2013-2014.jpg?v=1778060482"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/winfried-schneider-deters.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}