Author: Gerard Toal
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190253304
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 409
Book Description
In sum, by showing how and why local regional disputes quickly develop into global crises through the paired power of historical memory and time-space compression, Near Abroad reshapes our understanding of the current conflict raging in the center of the Eurasian landmass and international politics as a whole.
Near Abroad
Author: Gerard Toal
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190253304
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 409
Book Description
In sum, by showing how and why local regional disputes quickly develop into global crises through the paired power of historical memory and time-space compression, Near Abroad reshapes our understanding of the current conflict raging in the center of the Eurasian landmass and international politics as a whole.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190253304
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 409
Book Description
In sum, by showing how and why local regional disputes quickly develop into global crises through the paired power of historical memory and time-space compression, Near Abroad reshapes our understanding of the current conflict raging in the center of the Eurasian landmass and international politics as a whole.
The Near Abroad
Author: Zbigniew Wojnowski
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442631074
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
In The Near Abroad, Zbigniew Wojnowski traces how Soviet Ukrainian identities developed in dialogue and confrontation with the USSR's neighbours in Eastern Europe.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442631074
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
In The Near Abroad, Zbigniew Wojnowski traces how Soviet Ukrainian identities developed in dialogue and confrontation with the USSR's neighbours in Eastern Europe.
Russia, the Near Abroad, and the West
Author: William H. Hill
Publisher: Woodrow Wilson Center Press / Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN: 9781421405650
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Post-communist Russia turned against the West in the 2000s, losing its earlier eagerness to collaborate with western Europe on economic and security matters and adopting a suspicious and defensive posture. This book, investigating a diplomatic negotiation involving Russia and the formerly Soviet Moldova, explains this dramatic shift in Russian foreign policy. William H. Hill, himself a participant in the diplomatic encounter, describes a key episode that contributed to Russia’s new attitude: negotiations over the Russian-leaning break-away territory of Transdniestria in Moldova—in which Moldova abandoned a Russian-supported settlement at the last minute under heavy pressure from the West. Hill’s first-hand account provides a unique perspective on historical events as well as information to assist scholars and policymakers to evaluate future scenarios. When western leaders blocked what they saw as an unworkable settlement in a small, remote post-Soviet state, Kremlin leaders perceived a direct geopolitical challenge on their own turf. This event colored Russia’s interpretations of subsequent western intervention in the region—in Georgia after the Rose Revolution, Ukraine in 2004, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and elsewhere throughout the former Soviet empire.
Publisher: Woodrow Wilson Center Press / Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN: 9781421405650
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Post-communist Russia turned against the West in the 2000s, losing its earlier eagerness to collaborate with western Europe on economic and security matters and adopting a suspicious and defensive posture. This book, investigating a diplomatic negotiation involving Russia and the formerly Soviet Moldova, explains this dramatic shift in Russian foreign policy. William H. Hill, himself a participant in the diplomatic encounter, describes a key episode that contributed to Russia’s new attitude: negotiations over the Russian-leaning break-away territory of Transdniestria in Moldova—in which Moldova abandoned a Russian-supported settlement at the last minute under heavy pressure from the West. Hill’s first-hand account provides a unique perspective on historical events as well as information to assist scholars and policymakers to evaluate future scenarios. When western leaders blocked what they saw as an unworkable settlement in a small, remote post-Soviet state, Kremlin leaders perceived a direct geopolitical challenge on their own turf. This event colored Russia’s interpretations of subsequent western intervention in the region—in Georgia after the Rose Revolution, Ukraine in 2004, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and elsewhere throughout the former Soviet empire.
Global Studies: Russia and the Near Abroad
Author: Grigory Ioffe
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN: 9780073401478
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Our Global Studies Series provides students with comprehensive background and current information shaping regional cultures and countries of the world today. Each volume features country report essays and maps as well as relevant articles from world-wide publications. Visit www.mhcls.com/globalstudies/ for more information.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN: 9780073401478
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Our Global Studies Series provides students with comprehensive background and current information shaping regional cultures and countries of the world today. Each volume features country report essays and maps as well as relevant articles from world-wide publications. Visit www.mhcls.com/globalstudies/ for more information.
Identity in Formation
Author: David D. Laitin
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 9780801484957
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Laitin portrays these Russian-speakers as a "beached diaspora" since the populations did not cross international borders; the borders themselves receded. He asks what will become of these populations. Will they learn the languages of the republics in which they live and prepare their children for assimilation? Will they return to a homeland many have never seen? Or will they become loyal citizens of the new republics while maintaining a Russian identity?
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 9780801484957
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Laitin portrays these Russian-speakers as a "beached diaspora" since the populations did not cross international borders; the borders themselves receded. He asks what will become of these populations. Will they learn the languages of the republics in which they live and prepare their children for assimilation? Will they return to a homeland many have never seen? Or will they become loyal citizens of the new republics while maintaining a Russian identity?
Innocence Abroad
Author: Benjamin Schmidt
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521804080
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Innocence Abroad explores the encounter between the Netherlands and the New World in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521804080
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Innocence Abroad explores the encounter between the Netherlands and the New World in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Managing Conflict in the Former Soviet Union
Author: Alekseĭ Arbatov
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 9780262510936
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
This collaborative effort by Russian and American scholars documents Russian policy toward ethno-national conflict in its "near abroad," American policy toward these conflicts, and the attempts of international organizations to prevent and resolve them. Case studies consider the causes, dynamics, and prospects of conflicts in Latvia, the Crimea, the Transdniester region of Moldova, Georgia, Kazakhstan, and the region of North Ossetia and Ingushetia.
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 9780262510936
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
This collaborative effort by Russian and American scholars documents Russian policy toward ethno-national conflict in its "near abroad," American policy toward these conflicts, and the attempts of international organizations to prevent and resolve them. Case studies consider the causes, dynamics, and prospects of conflicts in Latvia, the Crimea, the Transdniester region of Moldova, Georgia, Kazakhstan, and the region of North Ossetia and Ingushetia.
Global Russian Cultures
Author: Kevin M. F. Platt
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 0299319709
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
Is there an essential Russian identity? What happens when "Russian" literature is written in English, by such authors as Gary Shteyngart or Lara Vapnyar? What is the geographic "home" of Russian culture created and shared via the internet? Global Russian Cultures innovatively considers these and many related questions about the literary and cultural life of Russians who in successive waves of migration have dispersed to the United States, Europe, and Israel, or who remained after the collapse of the USSR in Ukraine, the Baltic states, and the Central Asian states. The volume's internationally renowned contributors treat the many different global Russian cultures not as "displaced" elements of Russian cultural life but rather as independent entities in their own right. They describe diverse forms of literature, music, film, and everyday life that transcend and defy political, geographic, and even linguistic borders. Arguing that Russian cultures today are many, this volume contends that no state or society can lay claim to be the single or authentic representative of Russianness. In so doing, it contests the conceptions of culture and identity at the root of nation-building projects in and around Russia.
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 0299319709
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
Is there an essential Russian identity? What happens when "Russian" literature is written in English, by such authors as Gary Shteyngart or Lara Vapnyar? What is the geographic "home" of Russian culture created and shared via the internet? Global Russian Cultures innovatively considers these and many related questions about the literary and cultural life of Russians who in successive waves of migration have dispersed to the United States, Europe, and Israel, or who remained after the collapse of the USSR in Ukraine, the Baltic states, and the Central Asian states. The volume's internationally renowned contributors treat the many different global Russian cultures not as "displaced" elements of Russian cultural life but rather as independent entities in their own right. They describe diverse forms of literature, music, film, and everyday life that transcend and defy political, geographic, and even linguistic borders. Arguing that Russian cultures today are many, this volume contends that no state or society can lay claim to be the single or authentic representative of Russianness. In so doing, it contests the conceptions of culture and identity at the root of nation-building projects in and around Russia.
Russia and Its New Diasporas
Author: Igorʹ Aleksandrovich Zevelëv
Publisher: US Institute of Peace Press
ISBN: 9781929223084
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Includes statistics.
Publisher: US Institute of Peace Press
ISBN: 9781929223084
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Includes statistics.
Hard Diplomacy and Soft Coercion
Author: James Sherr
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
ISBN: 186203298X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
During the Cold War, Soviet influence and Leninist ideology were inseparable. But the collapse of both systems threw Russian influence into limbo. In this book, James Sherr draws on his in-depth study of the country over many years to explain and analyse the factors that have brought Russian influence back into play. Today, Tsarist, Soviet and contemporary approaches combine in creative and discordant ways. The result is a policy based on a mixture of strategy, improvisation and habit. The novelty of this policy and its apparent successes pose possible dangers for Russia's neighbours, the West and Russia itself.
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
ISBN: 186203298X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
During the Cold War, Soviet influence and Leninist ideology were inseparable. But the collapse of both systems threw Russian influence into limbo. In this book, James Sherr draws on his in-depth study of the country over many years to explain and analyse the factors that have brought Russian influence back into play. Today, Tsarist, Soviet and contemporary approaches combine in creative and discordant ways. The result is a policy based on a mixture of strategy, improvisation and habit. The novelty of this policy and its apparent successes pose possible dangers for Russia's neighbours, the West and Russia itself.