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The Russian quest for peace and democracy by Spencer, Metta, 1931-

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Achieving peace in northern Mali : past agreements, local conflicts, and the prospects for a durable settlement / by Pézard, Stéphanie, Shurkin, Michael Robert

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Migration and social upheaval in the face of globalization in Central Asia

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Memory Crash : Politics of History in and around Ukraine, 1980s–2010s / by Kasʹi︠a︡nov, H. V. (Heorhiĭ Volodymyrovych), 1961-

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Notions and definitions -- Contexts -- State institutions -- Non-governmental organizations -- Historians -- Historical politics: an overview -- Spaces of Memory -- Historical politics: beyond borders -- Conclusion -- Selected bibliography -- Index.…”
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New South African review.

“…Second phase-- tragedy or farce?…”
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Painting the maple essays on race, gender, and the construction of Canada /

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Post-Liberal Statebuilding in Central Asia : Imaginaries, Discourses and Practices of Social Ordering / by Lottholz, Philipp

“…Spaces of peace, security and development…”
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Consider Somaliland state-building with traditional leaders and institutions / by Renders, Marleen

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Places that do not exist -- Challenging received notions of statehood, state failure and state-building -- The failing state: What has clan got to do with it? …”
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Tajikistan's difficult development path by Olcott, Martha Brill, 1949-

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Change or decay Russia's dilemma and the West's response / by Shevt͡sova, Lilii͡a Fedorovna

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Putin's Russia by Shevt͡sova, Lilii͡a, 1951-

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Post-imperium a Eurasian story / by Trenin, Dmitriĭ

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Kazakhstan unfulfilled promise? / by Olcott, Martha Brill, 1949-

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Lonely power why Russia has failed to become the West and the West is weary of Russia / by Shevt͡sova, Lilii͡a, 1951-

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Post-soviet chaos violence and dispossession in Kazakhstan / by Nazpary, Joma

Table of Contents: “…People and places -- Bardak : elements of chaos -- Networking as a response to the chaos -- Women and sexualised strategies : violence and stigma -- Construction of the alien : imagining a Soviet community -- Ethnic tensions -- Conclusions in a comparative perspective : whose transition?.…”
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Turkmenistan strategies of power, dilemmas of development / by Peyrouse, Sébastien

Table of Contents: “…-- Turkmenistan from inside : social and economic evolutions -- The future "Kuwait of Central Asia"? -- Finding its place on the international stage.…”
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Collapse of an empire lessons for modern Russia / by Gaĭdar, E. T. (Egor Timurovich)

Table of Contents: “…The grandeur and the fall of empires -- Modern economic growth and the era of empires -- Crisis and the dismantling of overseas empires -- Problems of dissolving territorially integrated empires -- The yugoslav tragedy -- Authoritarian regimes: the causes of instability -- Challenges in the early stages of modern economic growth and authoritarianism -- The instability of authoritarian regimes -- Mechanics of the collapse of authoritarianism -- The oil curse -- The Spanish prologue -- Resource wealth and economic development -- Specifics of the oil market -- Regulating the oil market in the twentieth century -- Challenges related to price fluctuations of commodities: Mexico and Venezuela -- In search of a way out: a response to the dangers of unstable commodity pricing -- Cracks in the foundation: the Soviet Union in the early 1980s -- Growing problems and bad decisions -- Food supply problems -- Food shortages-a strategic challenge -- The USSR as the largest importer of food -- Oil in Western Siberia: the illusion of salvation -- A drop in oil prices: the final blow -- The collapse of the USSR: the unexpected becomes the rule -- The political economy of external shocks -- Deteriorating conditions for foreign trade: political alternatives -- The ussr and the drop in oil prices: the essence of the choice -- A series of mistakes -- Mounting problems in the soviet economy -- The hard currency crisis -- Economic and political liberalization against the background of the hard currency and financial problems -- Development of the crisis of the socialist system -- Political credits -- The price of compromise -- The crisis of the empire and the nationality question -- Loss of control over the economic and political situation -- The currency crisis -- From crisis to catastrophe -- "Extraordinary efforts" instead of reforms -- On the brink of default -- On the path to state bankruptcy -- The grain problem -- Prices skyrocket -- Money and the fate of the empire -- The fall -- The political economy of the failed coup -- Political death throes -- Political disintegration: economic consequences -- A civilized divorce.…”
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Russia's economy signs of progress and retreat on the transitional road / by Wolf, Charles, 1924-

Table of Contents: “…Transitional economies ; This report -- The macroeconomy -- Oil and natural gas : prices, production, and exports -- Markets and reform -- International transactions -- Russian military spending -- Conclusions and implications.…”
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Present values : essays on economics and aspects of Indian society / by Subramanian, S.

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Armenia portraits of survival and hope / by Miller, Donald E. (Donald Earl), 1946-

Table of Contents: “…Massive destruction : the 1988 earthquake -- Random violence : pogroms in Azerbaijan -- Fighting for survival : the war of independence in Nagorno-Karabakh -- Surviving the winter : paying the price for independence -- We live with hope : reflections on conditions in Armenia -- Concluding reflections : the meaning of being human -- Epilogue : ten years after independence.…”
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