Central Asian, Russian & Eastern European Studies

Drawing on the most up-to-date sources, this book provides an in-depth examination of Russia’s relations with China and Japan...

This book presents a comprehensive, systematic analysis of Russia-Iran relations in the period following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. It discusses the key areas where co-operation, or the lack of it, are possible; charts different phases of increasing and declining co-operation; and rel..

This book examines the origins, underlying foundations, and dynamics of the federal reforms conducted by President Putin throughout the eight years of his presidency, discussing the intentions of the federal centre and the very different results that have turned out...

This book reconstructs and appropriates in contemporary language the Middle Way philosophy of Tsongkhapa (1357-1419), arguably Tibet's greatest philosopher...

This work takes a comprehensive look at the history, anthropology and recent social and economic development of the Pamiri people in Gorno-Badakhshan, Eastern Tajikistan...

This book surveys current developments in social media and politics in a range of Central and Eastern European countries, including Russia. It highlights how the application of social media in politics is still at an early stage, examines the impact of social media, and discusses political situation..

Russia’s human rights record, especially violations of rights to liberty and freedom of expression, has been the subject of much concern. Social, or welfare, rights on the other hand, including rights to housing, health and social security access, have received less attention. This book explores Rus..

After decades of turmoil and trauma, the Brezhnev era brought stability and an unprecedented rise in living standards to the Soviet Union, enabling ordinary people to enjoy modern consumer goods on an entirely new scale. This book analyses the politics and economics of the state’s efforts to improve..

Based on extensive original research, including in unpublished archival material, this book examines the reforms, discussing the motivations for them, which included Khrushchev's attempt to strengthen his own power base, exploring how the process of reform was implemented, especially its impact on t..

Based on extensive original research, including in unpublished archival material, this book examines the reforms, discussing the motivations for them, which included Khrushchev's attempt to strengthen his own power base, exploring how the process of reform was implemented, especially its impact on t..

This work traces the evolution of Soviet Karelia in the early Soviet period, discussing amongst other things how relationships between the local communist leadership and Moscow changed over time, and how massive repression of the Karelian population was eventually imposed...

Orientalism – the idea that the standpoint of Western writers on the East greatly affected their writing about the East, the "Other" – applied also in Russia and the Soviet Union, where the study of exotic peoples incorporated into the Russian Empire became a major academic industry and the standpoi..