The contributors to this edited volume explore Russia's re-emergence as a major actor in Central Asia and the Caucasus. This re-emergence is limited by the involvement and influence of external state and non-state actors such as China, the United States, India, foreign energy co…
This volume explores Russia's re-emergence as a major actor in Central Asia and the Caucasus - a re-emergence which is limited by the involvement and influence of external state and non-state actors, including China, the USA and foreign energy companies.
At the height of the 'Great Game' in Central Asia, in the aftermath of the second Afghan War and in the run up to World War I, the region of Afghanistan became particularly significant for both Great Britain and Russia. In Afghanistan and the Defence of Empire, Christopher M. Wy…
"This book examines the key 2008 publication of the Russian Orthodox Church on human dignity, freedom, and rights. It considers how the document was formed, charting the development over time of the Russian Orthodox Church's views on human rights. It analyzes the detail of the d…
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.
"The South Caucasus has traditionally been a playground of contesting empires. This region, on the edge of Europe, is associated in Western minds with ethnic conflict and geopolitical struggles. In August 2008, yet, another war broke out in this distant European periphery as Rus…
'Red Nations' is an accessible survey of the experience of the non-Russian USSR populace under communism. Drawing on the latest research, Jeremy Smith offers an important new contribution to the history of the dissolution of the USSR, the reconstruction of post-Soviet society, a…
"This book provides a detailed analysis of the legal framework in which the energy trade between the European Union and the Russian Federation has been conducted. Using case studies of eight member states, it critically examines the EU{u2019}s ability and the duty of its Member …
"In this book Richard Sakwa provides a new analysis of the end of the Cold War and the subsequent failure to create a comprehensive and inclusive peace order in Europe. The end of the Cold War did not create a sustainable peace system. Instead, for a quarter of a century a 'cold…
"More than a collection of articles and columns, A Small Corner of Hell offers a rare insider's view of life in Chechnya over the past years, augmented by a richly informed introduction by Chechnya authority Georgi Derluguian that explains the region's tangled relationship to Ru…
"Sergei Kovalyov is a central figure in the struggle for human rights in Russia. He was a leading Soviet biologist and, in the 1970s after becoming active in dissident circles, was arrested by the KGB, tried, imprisoned and subjected to internal exile. After his release, he cont…
Chronicles the life of the head of one of Moscow's gangster families, who financed the reelection of Boris Yeltsin and became on of his key advisors.
Comprises 13 papers which explore the concept of nationalism and national identity in 12 countries with different types of 'nation-state'. Investigates the roles of ethnicity, race and religion in the origins of each nation and considers the presence or absence of national indic…
