Putin's Global Campaign to Defeat the West

The German book launch of Hanna Notte's "We shall outlast them" - the story of how Russia's confrontation with the West went global.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022 produced a rupture with the United States and Europe not seen since the Cold War. Russia refocused its entire state machinery on one purpose: to outlast the West. With New York Times Chief Diplomatic Correspondent Steven Erlanger and Joshua Yaffa from The New Yorker, Russia foreign policy analyst Hanna Notte uncovers how Russia reinvented itself - outmanoeuvring sanctions, forging surprising alliances, charming the Global South and sowing fear in Western societies. Putin pulls the strings, but he is not the only player: propagandists, diplomats, businessmen and rogue agents have done Russia's bidding. From civilian shelters to military bases, presidential palaces to tense borderlands, Notte chronicles the untold stories of those waging Russia's battles - and of everyday people swept up in Putin's agenda.

Blending analysis with reportage from more than a dozen countries, "We shall outlast them" (W. W. Norton & Company Ltd.) paints a sweeping picture of Putin's wartime adaptation and illuminates how Russia has fostered enduring appeal around the globe.