Russian-American Relations - by H Malik (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

This is a collective endeavour to highlight the role of Islam in the emerging pattern of relations between Russia and the United States. It highlights particularly the role that the two autonomous republics within the Russian Federation - Tatarstan and Bashkortostan - play in Eurasia. Some analysts have described them as the soft underbelly of the Russian Federation. Future trends are also indicated, which delineate the dilemmas of the Russian state for its territorial integrity and national self-determination of Tatarstan and Bashkortostan within the Russian Federation. This book also analyses Russian-US relations with Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan. These states indeed play, according to these analyses, a crucial role in Eurasia, and also compete against each other.

About the Author

HAFEEZ MALIK is Professor of Political Science at Villanova University, Pennsylvania. He is also a member of the Russian Studies Program and the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies at Villanova University. He is the editor of the Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies and is the author/editor of thirteen books on world affairs.