Theodore P. Gerber is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Housing and Political Grievances in Post-Soviet Eurasia
Due in part to the legacy of the Soviet system, in which the state allocated housing to families and individuals on the basis of non-market principles, and in part to endemic housing shortages in the post-Soviet era, housing concerns are an important potential source of political grievances in post-Soviet states.
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Counter-Containment of Unipolarity
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Dayan Jayatilleka -
Key Actors in the Libyan Conflict
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Andrei Chuprygin, Larisa Chuprygina, Valery Matrosov -
Roaring Twenties again: 'Global impeachment' and the end of the era of liberal globalization
(2436)
Fyodor Lukyanov -
Where to Go and with Whom to Go: Russia’s Foreign Policy on the Threshold of a New Decade
(1987)
Sergei Karaganov -
Two Sides of the 1968 Legacy
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Sergey Solovyov
Where to Go and with Whom to Go: Russia’s Foreign Policy on the Threshold of a New Decade
Russia is entering a new decade with significant (and I am even tempted to say brilliant) foreign and defense policy achievements, and with a substantial margin of strength. But the challenges and problems lying ahead are fraught with deceleration or even rollback.
Roaring Twenties again: 'Global impeachment' and the end of the era of liberal globalization
Now that another decade has flown by and the world awaits the arrival of 2020, it is only appropriate to look back at last century's 'Roaring Twenties'. Those twenties started globalization; these could see the end of its era.
How Cozy Is Russia and China’s Military Relationship?
Russia and China’s strategic military cooperation is becoming ever closer. President Putin has announced that Russia is helping China build an early warning system to spot intercontinental ballistic missile launches.
A “Synchronized Downturn” Calls for a “Synchronized Response”
This year’s Annual meetings of the IMF and the World Bank in Washington DC revealed a growing preoccupation with the mounting signs of a slowdown in the world economy.
How to Stop NATO
Catherine the Great is credited with saying that the only way to secure the borders of the Russian Empire is to expand them continuously. This logic is to some degree applicable to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, which embarked on a path of geographical enlargement quite literally from the very first days of its existence.
The Asian Mirror for the Far East: an Indian Perspective
India and Russia have long shared geopolitical perspectives on the balance of power in Eurasia. In the post-Cold War era both turned their attention to the West. However, over the past decade India has pursued the Look East Policy, seeking to regain its political and economic influence in Southeast Asia and building new strategic partnerships with East Asian powers like Japan and South Korea. Russia’s Turn to the East and India’s move from the Look East to the Act East Policy have created a new framework for closer India–Russia geo-economic and geopolitical relations.
Russian Far East Development from the Korean Perspective
This chapter focuses on analysing Korea’s position on development of this region. To this end, the paper deals with the significance and strategic value of the Russian Far East, the current status, and determinants of the Russian Far East policy, as well as the direction and tasks of Korea’s Russian Far East policy.