he financial crises that swept across Asia and Russia in 1998 are reshaping the leadership politics of the former communist countries. In Russia, the financial crisis has marginalized President Boris Yeltsin and brought to the political forefront a previously disenfranchised coalition of traditionalists. Ukraine’s political leadership is leaning in the direction of Europe. The leaders of the co...

When the Soviet Union collapsed, most Russians had lived their entire lives in a quintessentially authoritarian culture. Having been socialized in this environment, how could citizens acquire the attitudes and behaviors necessary to support a new, more pluralistic regime? Cultural theories of political learning emphasize the primacy of childhood socialization and hold that altering initial atti...

europeans were the major actors of the world political scene in the 19th century. france sought to defeat its rivals in napaleanic era but the unification of other european powers lead to the defeat of france and the establishment of germany through the changes in the political map of europe. the german strategists, through entering international interactions challenged the other political play...

abstract the qajar dynasty was a time of civil wars as well as the wars against russia, meanwhile, qajarid shahs, understanding the power of sublime art both in internal and external political relations, tried to expand and renew the style of the mural decorations which is the issue of this article. increasing the relations with european countries like england and france, fath ali shah and his ...

studying political terms is an approach to understading the quranic political culture. from professor kurani's point of view, a quranic political term is a word or phrase whose political aspect prevails. after explaining the research methodology in studies related to quranic political terms and culture, the writer analyses some political terms with respect to the related quranic verses.

Over the past months the French media reported extensively about the "Nouvelle Droite" ("New Right") and "National Bolshevism" ideology becoming a major force in post -1991 Russia. Intense concern about a Russian variety of neo-fascism is also expressed elsewhere. Probably the most extensive study on that subject is Walter Laqueur's 1993 book, The Rise of Russian Fascism. Certainly Nouvelle Dro...