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Four Reformers in Russia’s Shock Therapy
In the wake of the 1990’s, the future of nascent post-Soviet Russia was in the hands of four groups of reformers, who were entrusted with…
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Civil Society
The Theories of the Slavophiles: on the Relationship between State and Society in Russia
Business
The Varieties of Capitalism Dichotomy (and Beyond) in Post-Communist States
Civil Society
An Unfavorable Balance: Government and Human Rights in the Russian Mindset
International Relations
Russian MiniLessons: Ссориться по-русски – Fighting in Russian
International Relations
Politics in the Former Soviet Union: A Personal View from an American born of Russian Immigrants
Politicians
Putin and the “Problem of 2008”
International Relations
The Rise of Economic Nationalism under Globalization and the Case of Post-Communist Russia
Civil Society
Russian Political Culture Since 1985
Deconstructing the Millennium Manifesto: The Yeltsin-Putin Transition and the Rebirth of Ideology
1. Introduction: The Dearth of Ideology On the 12th July 1996, following a closely fought election victory, Boris Yeltsin called his advisors to him. ‘In…
Democracy, Anarchy, and Siberian Resources
Russia is a land whose boundless possibilities are matched only by its perpetual troubles. Perhaps nowhere is this more evident than in the resource rich…