Conflicts in and Around Russia - (Contributions in Political Science) by Victor Kremenyuk (Hardcover)

About the Book

In this important work, Russian scholar Kremenyuk examines the state of political affairs in the former Soviet Union. As Russia moves fitfully toward democracy and away from its totalitarian past, sharp divisions--contemporary and historical--have appeared, within and around the new nation-state. These conflicts have already blocked some of the movement toward democracy. And as the contending parties, the president, and the parliament in the present Russian government struggle for power, that political struggle increases the likelihood of authoritarian solutions.

Book Synopsis

In this important work, Russian scholar Kremenyuk examines the state of political affairs in the former Soviet Union. As Russia moves fitfully toward democracy and away from its totalitarian past, sharp divisions--contemporary and historical--have appeared, within and around the new nation-state. These conflicts have already blocked some of the movement toward democracy. And as the contending parties, the president, and the parliament in the present Russian government struggle for power, that political struggle increases the likelihood of authoritarian solutions.

Review Quotes

.,."[T]he author provides an excellent idealogical treatise of the roots of Russia's concept of empire....Conflicts In and Around Russia is a timely book. It provided students of Russian foreign military policy witha a solid base in which to understand Russia's long term goals of reunificationa nd reintegration into a 'mini-USSR', absent of the baggageof the former Tsarist and Soviet regimes...[I]s a text that should be read and reread..."-Journal of Slavic Military Studies

?...[T]he author provides an excellent idealogical treatise of the roots of Russia's concept of empire....Conflicts In and Around Russia is a timely book. It provided students of Russian foreign military policy witha a solid base in which to understand Russia's long term goals of reunificationa nd reintegration into a 'mini-USSR', absent of the baggageof the former Tsarist and Soviet regimes...[I]s a text that should be read and reread...?-Journal of Slavic Military Studies

..."ÝT¨he author provides an excellent idealogical treatise of the roots of Russia's concept of empire....Conflicts In and Around Russia is a timely book. It provided students of Russian foreign military policy witha a solid base in which to understand Russia's long term goals of reunificationa nd reintegration into a 'mini-USSR', absent of the baggageof the former Tsarist and Soviet regimes...ÝI¨s a text that should be read and reread..."-Journal of Slavic Military Studies

..."[T]he author provides an excellent idealogical treatise of the roots of Russia's concept of empire....Conflicts In and Around Russia is a timely book. It provided students of Russian foreign military policy witha a solid base in which to understand Russia's long term goals of reunificationa nd reintegration into a 'mini-USSR', absent of the baggageof the former Tsarist and Soviet regimes...[I]s a text that should be read and reread..."-Journal of Slavic Military Studies

About the Author

VICTOR A. KREMENYUK is Deputy Director of the Institute of the USA and Canada at the Russian Academy of Sciences. He is the author of eight books in Russian and editor of one in English, International Negotiation (1991).