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Russias Energy Policies
Edward Elgar Publishing 2012; US$ 40.00Russia's vast energy reserves, and its policies towards them have enormous importance in the current geopolitical landscape. This important book examines Russia's energy policies on the national, interregional and global level. It pays particular attention to energy policy actors ranging from state, federal and regional actors, to energy companies... more...
Baltic Biographies at Historical Crossroads
Taylor and Francis 2011; US$ 130.00This book brings together life stories from five generations of Balts, living through the diverse and recurring transformations of the twentieth century: occupations, war, independence, totalitarianism, and democratic rule and market economy. The twentieth century history of the Baltic countries has often been deeply tragic. Lying on the coastline... more...
Sankt Petersburg
Campus Verlag 2007; US$ 27.17Hauptbeschreibung Ereignisse wie die Revolution 1917 oder die Blockade Leningrads im Zweiten Weltkrieg haben sich tief in das Gedächtnis der Stadt eingeprägt. 24 Essays laden ein zu Ausflügen in die Vergangenheit Sankt Petersburgs, abseits ausgetretener touristischer Pfade: an die Orte früheren deutschen und jüdischen Lebens, auf die Prachtstraße... more...
Responding to a Resurgent Russia
Springer 2011; US$ 94.99In this volume, a set of issue and country experts tackle the questions surrounding the challenges of a resurgent Russia for the world order as well as for relations between the European Union and the United States. Following a brief introduction laying out the circumstances of Russia's rise, the book proceeds in three sections. In the first, Russian... more...
Nazarbayev and the Making of Kazakhstan
Continuum International Publishing 2009; US$ 34.95Kazakhstan is colossal in size, complicated in its history, colourful in its culture and is a nation state that most outsiders know little of. Much of the existing narrative revolves around the country's first president, Nursultan Nazarbayev. But his life can only be understood in the context of the land in which he was born, raised and became... more...
Uzbekistan and the United States
Zed Books 2005; US$ 34.95Uzbekistan, the most strategically situated Central Asian country, has exhibited the most appalling record on human rights and democratic reforms. Yet, post - September 11, a transformation in US policy has suddenly taken place. US troops are now stationed there; Washington has put the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan on its list of terrorist organizations;... more...
The Chechen Struggle
Palgrave Macmillan 2010; US$ 39.00The Russian-Chechen war has been the longest, cruelest, and bloodiest conflict in Europe since World War II, surpassing even the level of destruction of Bosnia and Kosovo. Told from the perspective of its former Foreign Minister, this uniquely candid account of Chechnya's struggle for independence and its two wars against Russia will revise our understanding... more...
Tajikistan
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 190.00Since its independence in 1991 Tajikistan has suffered a painful series of political crises followed by a civil war, still continuing, whose repercussions extend far beyond its borders. This work examines the causes of the turmoil, and analyses, through the case of Tajikistan, social and political dynamics at work throughout Central Asia. The book... more...
Politics, Identity and Education in Central Asia
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 145.00Focusing on the areas of politics, identity and education, this book looks at some of the most pressing and challenging issues that Kyrgyzstan faces in the post-Soviet era. It argues that Kyrgyzstan is challenged with oscillations between the old and the new on the one hand, and domestic and international on the other. The book analyses the process... more...
Estonian Review
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008; US$ 199.00In this e-book, different research paradigms are applied in order to gain a deeper understanding of various aspects of Estonian management research. The papers published focus either on Estonia or are authored by an Estonian researcher. Whilst the quantitative paradigm dominates management research in Estonia, there are also several qualitative studies... more...









