Chapter 3
Towards Real World Leadership
George W Bush’s Possible Legacy
A View from Russia
Tatiana A Shakleina
Commenting on the 2004 presidential election in the United States, most American political analysts said George W Bush’s victory had validated his chosen international strategy and had emphasised America’s significance in the world. The fact that the American society and the political elite are split down the middle on this issue, that almost half the Americans do not support the chosen course nor the methods used for its realisation, and that there exist disagreements between the US and its allies on the one hand and ‘the rest of the world’ on the other, was either ignored or underestimated. It is necessary to consider these, especially ...
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