Books and Arts; Book Review;Russia and the West;Slip and slide
文艺；书评；俄罗斯与西方世界; 跌落并下滑;

Change or Decay: Russia's Dilemma and the West's Response. By Lilia Shevtsova and Andrew Wood.
是变化还是衰退：俄罗斯的困境及西方的回应。作者丽莉娅·谢夫索娃、安德鲁·伍德。

This book, says Mikhail Gorbachev, the former Soviet leader, in a foreword, “is different, and deserves to make an impact”. The first is certainly true. It takes the form of a lengthy series of exchanges between two old friends: Lilia Shevtsova, a Russian who works for America's Carnegie Endowment in Moscow, and Sir Andrew Wood, a former British ambassador there. Their subject is the relationship between Russia and the West, still neurotic and plagued with misunderstandings 20 years after the Soviet collapse. Why do so many Russians feel threatened, betrayed and disappointed by the West? Some there see it as a flawed paradigm of human rights, free elections and the rule of law. Others find it a self-righteous bully.
“这本书与众不同，能够产生有益的影响。”前苏联领导人米哈伊尔·戈尔巴乔夫在前言中如是说。第一个当然是对的。它就像两个老朋友之间的长话家常：效力于位于莫斯科的美国卡内基基金会的俄罗斯人丽莉娅·谢夫索娃，以及曾被派驻在那里的英国前任大使安德鲁·伍德。他们的主题是俄罗斯和西方之间的关系，这种关系在苏联解体后的20年仍有些敏感并且存在误解。为什么如此多的俄罗斯人感到了来自西方的威胁、背叛和失望？一些人认为是有缺陷的关于人权、自由选举和法治示范。另一些人则认为是一种自以为是的霸权。

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