Immigration phobia is a paradoxical global phenomenon: neither theories that link conflict to symbolic and realistic threats, nor the 'contact hypothesis' can systematically explain intense anti-migrant alarmism and exclusionism toward marginally small migrant minorities. Through a careful comparative study of immigration attitudes in the Russian Far East, the EU, and the United States, this bo…
This book attempts an assessment of the place of Lenin in history and of the revolution which was his life's work. This book contains The Bolshevik Party itself, an account of the features which differentiate it from other socialist parties, the agrarian policy of this party in a country where peasants formed 80% of the population, the political philosophy which inspired the revolution and the …
This is an elementary Russian course intended for adult beginners in Russian (senior secondary school pupils, college students, and others). It can be studied both with and without a teacher. To make it suitable for un-aided study, the theoretical explanations, the notes on the history, geography and culture of the Soviet Union, and the instructions for the exercises are given in English. For t…
In the first full-scale history of the reign of Catherine to appear in almost a century Isabel de Madariaga uses a broad range of Western and Soviet scholarship to give an authoritative account of Catherine's own role in the forward march of Russia during the eighteenth century. From her accession to the throne in 1762 Catherine ruled Russia for thirty-four years, and her greatness, de Madar…
This study evaluates the costs and benefits of nuclear arms control treaties between the US and the Soviet Union/Russian Federation. The report finds that, although the implementation and verification of nuclear arms control regimes can be expensive, these costs pale into insignificance compared to the costs and risks of nuclear rearmament and the consequences of a nuclear arms race.
Kebangkitan adalah satu di antara tiga karya puncak Tolsoi selain perang dan damai dan anna karenina. Novel ini, merupakan terjemahan langsung dari bahasa Rusia, bercerita tentang usaha bangsawan Nekhlyudov menebus dosanya terhadap Katyusha, gadis desa yang ia tinggalkan saat mengandung darah dagingnya. Setelah berpisah selama delapan belas tahun, mereka bertemu di pengadilan: Nekhlyudov seb…
Pada peringatan dua puluh tahun berakhirnya Perang Dingin, Conor O'Clery telah membangun narasinya yang menarik dan dibangun dengan cemerlang tentang kejatuhan Uni Soviet sekitar suatu hari, 25 Desember 1991, tanggal Gorbachev mengundurkan diri dan Uni Soviet secara efektif tercatat dalam sejarah. Dari sana, O'Clery melihat kembali peristiwa-peristiwa enam tahun sebelumnya: kebijakan reformasi …
This publication investigates Russian military presence in its former Soviet territory, to determine whether these forces have been genuinely peacekeeping, or are in fact a post to imperial presence that seeks to maintain former strategic interests. The book includes first hand accounts of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) peacekeeping efforts in South Ossetia, Abkhazia, Moldova, and…
Now thoroughly updated, this widely praised book provides a thoughtful and balanced examination of the development of Russian foreign policy since the end of the Cold War. This edition also places developments of the past two decades into the broader sweep of Russian history. Presenting an even-handed treatment of controversial issues, Jeffrey Mankoff analyzes Russia's interactions with major g…
Every nation, of course, has its own peculiarities and distinctive facets. Down the ages, however, Russia has suffered more than most from attempts simply to superimpose Western values and to transplant Western experience into a country that has followed its own route, on the fringes of Europe and Asia, Christendom and Islam, ever since Prince Vladimir of Kievan Rus chose the Orthodox Church of…