Challenging our fundamental conception of transformation as the antithesis of continuity, this chapter contends that in the case of the Russian youth movement Nashi, continuity and transformation have enjoyed a symbiotic, albeit restricted, relationship. Despite Nashi's resolute objective of securing the incumbent regime and maintaining political stability in the face of the perceived 'orange' ...

This book is part of a series published with the support Centre for European Studies at Lund University. Previous volumes in this have described cultural, political and soci...

regulating relations with great powers constitutes one of the most significant issues of each country’s foreign policy. iran, the soviet :union: and later russia have failed to establish strategic relations, despite their efforts to enhance mutual relations since late 1980s. it is believed that iran found it politically expedient to have ties with moscow due to its disputed relations with the w...

Economists have long recognized that institutions shape incentives and therefore have an enormous influence on economic growth, but economists have only recently been concerned with understanding the forces that may hinder the emergence of efficient institutions. Because of a lack of secure property rights—the rule of law—many countries remain poor. This paper addresses one issue pertinent to i...

(Far Eastern National University, Vladivostok, Russia) CASE Visiting Fellow, UC Berkeley November 2008 Civil-Military Relations in Russia. Field Report Civil-military relations Civil-military relations are a very important issue for the modern Russian politics. Russia’s location and geopolitical situation required it to participate in multiple wars and conflicts over some 323 years to maintain ...

following the collapse of the soviet :union: and the discovery of gas and oil in central asia and caucasia, it faced complex interests in the international political economy. these problems were mainly rooted in developing plans of the countries for increasing their influence in the area and also in russia's connections with the iranian and turkish governments in the region. this paper inv...