Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Former Soviet republics
ISBN : UOM:39015079814474
Post-Soviet Affairs
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Post Soviet Affairs
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Soviet and Post-Soviet Foreign Policies I
Robert M. Cutler
Author : Robert M. Cutler
Publisher : ibidem
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 3838216547
Soviet and Post-Soviet Foreign Policies I by Robert M. Cutler Pdf
This collection of studies investigates the political economy of international relations between the Soviet bloc (the "East") and the developing world (the "South"), focusing on the 1970s and 1980s. The works examine East-South relations from the standpoints of international trade patterns, financial transfers, and military relations.
Property Rights in Post-Soviet Russia
Jordan Gans-Morse
Author : Jordan Gans-Morse
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2017-05-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107153967
Property Rights in Post-Soviet Russia by Jordan Gans-Morse Pdf
This book looks at how top-down efforts to strengthen property rights are unlikely to succeed without demand for law from private firms.
Frustrated Democracy in Post-Soviet Azerbaijan
Audrey L. Altstadt
Author : Audrey L. Altstadt
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 531 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780231801416
Frustrated Democracy in Post-Soviet Azerbaijan by Audrey L. Altstadt Pdf
Frustrated Democracy in Post-Soviet Azerbaijan follows a newly independent oil-rich former Soviet republic as it adopts a Western model of democratic government and then turns toward corrupt authoritarianism. Audrey L. Altstadt begins with the Nagorno-Karabagh War (1988–1994) which triggered Azerbaijani nationalism and set the stage for the development of a democratic movement. Initially successful, this government soon succumbed to a coup. Western oil companies arrived and money flowed in—a quantity Altstadt calls "almost unimaginable"—causing the regime to resort to repression to maintain its power. Despite Azerbaijan's long tradition of secularism, political Islam emerged as an attractive alternative for those frustrated with the stifled democratic opposition and the lack of critique of the West's continued political interference. Altstadt's work draws on instances of censorship in the Azerbaijani press, research by embedded experts and nongovernmental and international organizations, and interviews with diplomats and businesspeople. The book is an essential companion to her earlier works, The Azerbaijani Turks: Power and Identity Under Russian Rule and The Politics of Culture in Soviet Azerbaijan, 1920–1940.
Journal of Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society
Julie Makarychev, Andrey Umland, Andreas Fedor
Author : Julie Makarychev, Andrey Umland, Andreas Fedor
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9783838214665
Journal of Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society by Julie Makarychev, Andrey Umland, Andreas Fedor Pdf
Special Sections: Russian Foreign Policy Towards the “Near Abroad” and Russia's Annexiation of Crimea II This special section deals with Russia’s post-Maidan foreign policy towards the so-called “near abroad,” or the former Soviet states. This is an important and timely topic, as Russia’s policy perspectives have changed dramatically since 2013/2014, as have those of its neighbors. The Kremlin today is paradoxically following an aggressive “realist” agenda that seeks to clearly delineate its sphere of influence in Europe and Eurasia while simultaneously attempting to promote “soft-power” and a historical-civilizational justification for its recent actions in Ukraine (and elsewhere). The result is an often perplexing amalgam of policy positions that are difficult to disentangle. The contributors to this special issue are all regional specialists based either in Europe or the United States.
Post-Soviet Power
Susanne A. Wengle
Author : Susanne A. Wengle
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2015-02-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781107072480
Post-Soviet Power by Susanne A. Wengle Pdf
Examines the transformation of the Russian electricity system during post-Soviet marketization, arguing for a view of economic and political development as mutually constitutive.
Ukraine and Russia
Roman Solchanyk
Author : Roman Solchanyk
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 0742510182
Ukraine and Russia by Roman Solchanyk Pdf
This timely study provides a clear analysis of both the domestic and foreign policies and security issues confronting RussiaOs largest and most important neighbor during its first decade as an independent state. Roman Solchanyk emphasizes throughout the book, the complex, centuries-old Ukrainian-Russian relationship, which is so central that the ORussian questionO plays the determining role in UkraineOs foreign and domestic politics. In turn, the policy choices of UkraineOs leaders influence the direction of RussiaOs own transformation. The book opens with a conceptual framework that addresses the key issues of the Ukrainian-Russian relationship. The initial chapters illustrate how relations between Kyiv and Moscow changed_in the final analysis, dramatically_under the conditions of a crumbling and ultimately collapsing Soviet state. This is followed by a discussion of how the ORussian questionO influences UkraineOs internal developments_political, social, and economic_as well as its behavior in the international arena. The concluding chapters focus specifically on Crimea, a microcosm of the Ukrainian-Russian relationship. Basing his argument on a wealth of primary source material, the author argues that the success of both UkraineOs and RussiaOs nation- and state-building projects will be largely determined by the normalization of their historically conditioned relationship. Indeed, success or failure will profoundly influence the direction of regional and European foreign policy and security.
It Will Be Fun and Terrifying
Fabrizio Fenghi
Author : Fabrizio Fenghi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780299324407
It Will Be Fun and Terrifying by Fabrizio Fenghi Pdf
"The National Bolshevik Party, founded in the mid-1990s by Eduard Limonov and Aleksandr Dugin, began as an attempt to combine radically different ideologies: bolshevism and nationalism. In the years that followed, Limonov, Dugin, and the movements they led underwent dramatic shifts that eventually led to the support of Putin's conservative, imperialist regime over social justice and fundamental civil liberties. To illuminate the role of these right-wing ideas in contemporary Russian society, Fabrizio Fenghi examines the public pronouncements and aesthetics of this influential movement. He analyzes a diverse range of media, including novels, art exhibitions, performances, seminars, punk rock concerts, and even protest actions. His interviews with key figures reveal an attempt to create an alternative intellectual class, or a "counter-intelligensia." This volume shows how certain forms of art can transform into political action through the creation of new languages, institutions, and modes of collective participation"--
Revealing Schemes
Scott Radnitz
Author : Scott Radnitz
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : History
ISBN : 9780197573532
Revealing Schemes by Scott Radnitz Pdf
Conspiracy theories are not just outlandish ideas. They can also be political weapons.Conspiracy theories have come to play an increasingly prominent role in political systems around the world. In Revealing Schemes, Scott Radnitz moves beyond psychological explanations for why people believe conspiracy theories to explore the politics surrounding them and places two questions at thecenter of his account: What leads regimes to promote conspiracy claims? And what are their effects? Using a new database of over 1,500 conspiracy claims collected from 12 post-Soviet states - a region of the world where such theories have long thrived-he shows that purveyors of conspiracy tend toenter the fray in moments of uncertainty and chaos. Conspiracy claims flow most freely where there is serious political competition rather than unbridled autocracy; and in response to destabilizing events that challenge a regime's ability to continue ruling. Leaders who anticipate future challengescan disseminate conspiracy narratives proactively as an insurance policy. But if conspiracy becomes overused, it can also backfire. Radnitz shows that individuals who are exposed to a greater amount of intrigue are more cynical and generally more conspiratorial. Yet, conspiracists are alsosuspicious of the motives of authority figures who tout conspiratorial ideas. The upshot is that conspiracism as a political strategy may become less effective over time. At a time of heightened distrust in democratic institutions and rising populism, understanding how conspiracy theories are usedin a region where democracy came late-or never arrived - can be instructive for concerned citizens everywhere.
Rethinking Post-Cold War Russian–Latin American Relations
Vladimir Rouvinski,Victor Jeifets
Author : Vladimir Rouvinski,Victor Jeifets
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2022-06-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000587470
Rethinking Post-Cold War Russian–Latin American Relations by Vladimir Rouvinski,Victor Jeifets Pdf
Today, there is plenty of evidence that Russia has become a prominent external actor in Latin America and the Caribbean. Yet, few books have attempted to better understand the reasons behind Russia ́s return and Moscow’s continuous engagement in the region. In order to fill the gap, this volume offers the first interdisciplinary study of Russian-Latin American relations after the end of the Cold War. Across 16 chapters, leading experts from Russia, Europe, the United States, and Latin America collectively re-examine the Soviet legacy to reveal the conditions in which Russia operates today and identify the key trends of contemporary Russian relations with this part of the world. The book then moves on to provide a detailed case study analysis of Russia’s bilateral relations with Venezuela, Cuba, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, and Colombia, identifying the most critical dimensions of Russian engagement. Rethinking Post Cold-War Russian-Latin American Relations allows readers to identify the fundamental driving forces of Russia’s renewed commitment to the area, its strategies and experiences. The book will be of interest to readers of international relations and area studies, historians of modern Latin America, migration studies, political economy, and any political scientists interested in Russian decision-making.
Armenia’s Velvet Revolution
Anna Ohanyan,Laurence Broers
Author : Anna Ohanyan,Laurence Broers
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781788317191
Armenia’s Velvet Revolution by Anna Ohanyan,Laurence Broers Pdf
In April 2018, Armenia experienced a remarkable popular uprising leading to the resignation of Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan and his replacement by protest leader Nikol Pashinyan. Evoking Czechoslovakia's similarly peaceful overthrow of communism 30 years previously, the uprising came to be known as Armenia's 'Velvet Revolution': a broad-based movement calling for clean government, democracy and economic reform. This volume examines how a popular protest movement, showcasing civil disobedience as a mass strategy for the first time in the post-Soviet space, overcame these unpromising circumstances. Situating the events in Armenia in their national, regional and global contexts, different contributions evaluate the causes driving Armenia's unexpected democratic turn, the reasons for regime vulnerability and the factors mediating a non-violent outcome. Drawing on comparative perspectives with democratic transitions across the world, this book will be essential reading for those interested in the regime dynamics, social movements and contested politics of contemporary Eurasia, as well as policy-makers and practitioners in the fields of democracy assistance and human rights in an increasingly multipolar world.
Patterns in Post-Soviet Leadership
Timothy J. Colton,Robert C. Tucker
Author : Timothy J. Colton,Robert C. Tucker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : 0813324912
Patterns in Post-Soviet Leadership by Timothy J. Colton,Robert C. Tucker Pdf
Leadership, a mainstay of Soviet political studies, has been a much-neglected subject since the collapse of the Soviet regime. However, developments in post-Soviet affairs show that leadership still matters greatly, even as democratization in many states has opened up the political process to wider circles of the population.This volume explores new developments and old continuities in elite politics in the Russian Federation and other post-Soviet states during the period of transition and consolidation. The contributing authors analyze the significance of personal character and values, of changing leadership roles and institutions, and of cultural and historical traditions for the functioning and effectiveness of the new governments and their top leaders.
Everyone Loses
Samuel Charap,Timothy J. Colton
Author : Samuel Charap,Timothy J. Colton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429626685
Everyone Loses by Samuel Charap,Timothy J. Colton Pdf
Disorder erupted in Ukraine in 2014, involving the overthrow of a sitting government, the Russian annexation of the Crimean peninsula, and a violent insurrection, supported by Moscow, in the east of the country. This Adelphi book argues that the crisis has yielded a ruinous outcome, in which all the parties are worse off and international security has deteriorated. This negative-sum scenario resulted from years of zero-sum behaviour on the part of Russia and the West in post-Soviet Eurasia, which the authors rigorously analyse. The rivalry was manageable in the early period after the Cold War, only to become entrenched and bitter a decade later. The upshot has been systematic losses for Russia, the West and the countries caught in between. All the governments involved must recognise that long-standing policies aimed at achieving one-sided advantage have reached a dead end, Charap and Colton argue, and commit to finding mutually acceptable alternatives through patient negotiation.
Post-Soviet Migration and Diasporas
Milana V. Nikolko,David Carment
Author : Milana V. Nikolko,David Carment
Publisher : Springer
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017-02-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319477732
Post-Soviet Migration and Diasporas by Milana V. Nikolko,David Carment Pdf
This book examines the relationship between post-Soviet societies in transition and the increasingly important role of their diaspora. It analyses processes of identity transformation in post-Soviet space and beyond, using macro- and micro-level perspectives and interdisciplinary approaches combining field-based and ethnographic research. The authors demonstrate that post-Soviet diaspora are just at the beginning of the process of identity formation and formalization. They do this by examining the challenges, encounters and practices of Ukrainians and Russians living abroad in Western and Southern Europe, Canada and Turkey, as well as those of migrants, expellees and returnees living in the conflict zones of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Moldova. Key questions on how diaspora can be better engaged to support development, foreign policy and economic policies in post-Soviet societies are both raised and answered. Russia’s transformative and important role in shaping post-Soviet diaspora interests and engagement is also considered. This edited collection will appeal to students and scholars of diaspora, post-Soviet politics and migration, and economic and political development.
Life And Work In Post-soviet Russia
Chris Cheang
Author : Chris Cheang
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2020-12-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789811226786
Life And Work In Post-soviet Russia by Chris Cheang Pdf
Life and Work in Post-Soviet Russia revolves around the professional and personal experience of living and working in Moscow of a Singapore diplomat, beginning in the aftermath of the USSR's collapse and ending in the first decade-and-a-half of this century.The book seeks to provide readers with glimpses of life in Moscow and Russia in the mid-1990s, as well as in the early years of this century. It deals with not only the sociopolitical and economic challenges of Russia's post-Soviet leaders, but also those facing the man-in-the-street. That the man-in-the-street had to personally bear the brunt of the momentous changes in post-Soviet Russia's rush to reforms is made plain in the book, and not so much the trials and tribulations of his leaders.Life and Work in Post-Soviet Russia also looks to broaden the outlook of Singaporeans, in the first instance, and non-Russians, in general, about Russia, a country which has been portrayed in a negative light by most of the Anglo-Saxon and Western media.This book also gives readers some insight into Singapore's relations with Russia, deals with issues from a personal standpoint without any attempt to inject political science theories into its analyses, and concludes with some thoughts on its future role in the world.
