Politica 

In this richly researched and highly original study, Alexander M. Martin explores conservatism in Russian thought, politics, and culture during the first quarter of the nineteenth century. Tracing the...

How did Gorbachev and Yeltsin get away with transforming and replacing the Soviet system and its foreign relations? Why did they act as they did in pushing for such radical changes? And how will histo...

Moscow under Construction explores the growth of place-based opposition to redevelopment practices in Moscow and consequent changes in city's governance regime. Groups of citizens have struggled to de...

In the early 1990s, the countries of the former Soviet Bloc faced an urgent need to reform the systems by which they delivered broad, basic social welfare to their citizens. Inherited systems were ine...

Until now, it has been accepted that the Turkish Straits--the Russian fleet's gateway to the Mediterranean--were a key factor in shaping Russian policy in the years leading to World War I. Control of ...

ENG In this book, Oleg Arin critically interrogates Russia's status as a great power. The author uncovers the incongruity between Russia's contemporary modern potential and its foreig...

"China's reform and opening-up policy is unprecedented, and its successful achievements are vast and innumerable. Pilot programs are regarded as one of its most crucial aspects-not merely a form of pr...

Руководящие принципы ОЭСР по корпоративному управлению для предприятий с государственным участием содержат конкретные рекомендации, которые помогают директивным органам оценивать и усовершенствовать п