Implosion ― The End of Russia and What It Means for America

Today, Putin’s Russia is fast approaching a social and political crisis—one that promises to be every bit as profound as the fall of the USSR. Author Ilan Berman tackles the crisis that has Russia on the fast track to ruin, and the grave danger Russian collapse poses to America’s security, in his new book, Implosion.

Ilan Berman is Vice President of the American Foreign Policy Council, a columnist for Forbes.com, and an Editor of The Journal of Internation Security Affairs. He is also a regular Columnist for the Washington Times and a frequent contributor to the Wall Street Journal, the International Herald Tribune, and other leading print and online publications. Berman is an expert on regional security in the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Russian Federation, he has consulted for both the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and the U.S. Department of Defense, and provided assistance on foreign policy and national security issues to a range of governmental agencies and congressional offices. Her is a noted foreign policy expert, and a frequent commentator on leading television and media outlets, including FOX News and C-SPAN. Berman is part of the Associated Faculty at Missouri State University’s Department of Defense and Strategic Studies. He is the author of four books: Winning the Long War (2009); Taking the Tehran (2007); Dismantling Tyranny (2005); and Tehran Rising (2005).