"The essay is a valuable addition to the literature on the Russian economy, setting the discussion of its oil economy in the wider context of globalisation, geopolitics and Russia s [sic] own economic prospects, and bringing together little-known facts and figures. It is avowedly written from a Russian point of view and directed to Russia s [sic] national advantage, but this need not not be to the disadvantage of others." (Quoted from "Product Description")