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The Russian military
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ISBN: 0262279851 1417574402 9780262279857 9781417574407 Year: 2004 Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. London, England American Academy of Arts and Sciences MIT Press

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Russian military capacity remains a major consideration for global security even in the post-Soviet era. This book assesses today's Russian military and analyzes its possible future direction. The contributors--experts on the subject from both Russia and the West--consider not only how Russia has built its military capacity but also the policies and doctrines that have shaped Russia's defense posture. They discuss such topics as the downsizing of the Russian military, Russia's use of military power in regional conflicts, and the management of Russia's nuclear weapons.For more than a decade, Russian leaders have struggled to formulate security and defense policies that protect Russia's borders and project Russia's influence. The contributors to The Russian Military find that the choices Russian leaders have made have been significantly influenced by the military reforms Russia has attempted to implement since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The protracted and intense debate over military reform has been--and will continue to be--decisive in shaping Russian military capacity.


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The Russian economic crisis
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ISBN: 0876094760 0876094841 9780876094846 9780876094761 Year: 2010 Publisher: New York : Council on Foreign Relations,

Media and power in post-Soviet Russia
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ISBN: 0765608634 0765608642 1315291053 1315291037 1315291045 9781315291048 9781315291031 Year: 2016 Publisher: London, [England] ; New York : Routledge,


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The Russian Revolutionary Emigres, 1825-1870
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ISBN: 1421433796 1421433818 142143380X Year: 1986 Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press

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Originally published in 1986. Martin A. Miller, author of the definitive biography of the exiled revolutionary Peter Kropotkin, traces the history of the first generations of Russians who went to Western Europe to devote their lives to anti-tsarist politics. Refusing to assimilate abroad and unable to return home, the émigrés political orientations were influenced by intellectual and social currents in both Russia and Europe. Miller undertakes a major reassessment of the émigré contribution to the Russian revolutionary movement. Starting with Nikolai Turgenev, who in 1825 was declared the first "émigré" by a special act of the Russian government, the exiles formed a unique social and political group. Miller takes a biographical approach in tracing the progression from a disparate community of intellectuals, unable to act together to promote their own program for change, to a more cohesive second émigré generation that provided the foundation for collective action and the development of a revolutionary ideology. The creation of the Russian émigré press, Miller argues, gave identity and momentum to the émigrés and helped promote their program of revolution and a new social order. The Russian Revolutionary Emigres, 1825-1870 concludes with the death in 1870 of the leading émigré figure, Alexander Herzen, and with an analysis of the impact upon the émigrés of the emergence of the populist revolutionary movement within Russia. The émigrés overcame the loss of their homeland through their version of a future Russia, one transformed into a new society where their ideals could be realized. When, two generations later, Lenin returned to Russia after decades in Europe and made this vision a reality, his actions built on the foundation laid by his nineteenth-century predecessors.


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Russia in a changing world
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ISBN: 9811518955 9811518947 Year: 2020 Publisher: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,

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"This wide-ranging volume presents a range of views from Russia, provided by some of the leading scholars from the region. The book provides a unique insight into Russian thinking, revealing its diversity as well as the over-riding common perspectives." —Richard Sakwa, University of Kent and Higher School of Economics, UK “Russia and the Changing World is an excellent summary of the country’s global priorities by leading experts of a top university" —Andrei P. Tsygankov, San Francisco State University, USA This book explores Russia’s efforts towards both adapting to and shaping a world in transformation. Russia has been largely marginalized in the post-Cold War era and has struggled to find its place in the world, which means that the chaotic changes in the world present Russia with both threats and opportunities. The rapid shift in the international distribution of power and emergence of a multipolar world disrupts the existing order, although it also enables Russia to diversify it partnerships and restore balance. Adapting to these changes involves restructuring its economy and evolving the foreign policy. The crises in liberalism, environmental degradation, and challenge to state sovereignty undermine political and economic stability while also widening Russia’s room for diplomatic maneuvering. This book analyzes how Moscow interprets these developments and its ability to implement the appropriate responses. Glenn Diesen is a Professor at the National Research University - Higher School of Economics in Moscow, and an editor at the Russia in Global Affairs journal. His research focuses on the socio-economics of Greater Eurasia and the emerging strategic partnership between Russia and China. Alexander Lukin is Director of the Centre for East Asian and Shanghai Cooperation Organization Studies, at Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO-University), Head of Department of International Relations and International Laboratory on World Order Studies and the New Regionalism at National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia, and Chair Professor in the School of Public Affairs of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. .


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Russia transformed : developing popular support for a new regime
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ISBN: 0521692415 0521871751 9780521692410 9780521871754 9780511492150 9780511257643 0511257643 9780511254994 0511254997 0511257163 9780511257162 0511492154 0511256094 9780511256097 0511256663 9780511256660 1107171962 9781107171961 1280709898 9781280709890 9786610709892 6610709890 0511319878 9780511319877 Year: 2006 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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Since the fall of communism Russia has undergone a treble transformation of its political, social and economic system. The government is an autocracy in which the Kremlin manages elections and administers the law to suit its own ends. It does not provide the democracy that most citizens desire. Given a contradiction between what Russians want and what they get, do they support their government and, if so, why? Using the New Russia Barometer - a unique set of public opinion surveys from 1992 to 2005 - this book shows that it is the passage of time that has been most important in developing support for the new regime. Although there remains great dissatisfaction with the regime's corruption, it has become accepted as a lesser evil to alternatives. The government appears stable today, but will be challenged by constitutional term limits forcing President Putin to leave office in 2008.

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