Russia

Review – Russia and the New World Disorder

Joseph Larsen • Nov 27 2015 • Features

An informative and lucid scholarly contribution that expertly blends the domestic and international to offer a compelling account of how policy is made in Russia.

Review Article – The BRICs and International Relations

Ray Kiely • Nov 21 2015 • Features

These two academically rigorous books serve as valuable guides to the relations among BRICs and provide engaging analyses on their impact on international order.

The West Needs a Strategic Pause before Working with Russia

Robert W. Murray and Joe Varner • Nov 19 2015 • Articles

There are a number of reasons why empowering Russia in the Middle East is a dangerous idea, and should create serious pause for Western states

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization: An Historical Perspective

Georges Depeyrot • Sep 17 2015 • Articles

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization marks a shift in Russia’s politics and changes the role of China in the region, as it seeks to play a leading role in the world.

LGBT Rights, Standards of ‘Civilisation’ and the Multipolar World Order

Katja Kahlina and Dušica Ristivojević • Sep 10 2015 • Articles

LGBT rights have been turned into an important site where the on-going restructuring of symbolic and geopolitical hierarchies at the global level has been played out.

Authoritarian Closeness: Gruevski, Putin and the Macedonian Political Crisis

Ljupcho Stojkovski • Jul 15 2015 • Articles

If the West’s pledge for democracy, meet Gruevski’s bad behaviour with a stern response and not with (more) concessions, the chief one being his hold onto power.

Review – The Sino-Soviet Alliance: An International History

Wonhee Lee • Jun 27 2015 • Features

Jersild provides an excellent multidimensional analysis of the Beijing-Moscow relationship and valuable strategic insights which demarcate this book from earlier titles.

Monism vs. Pluralism

Richard Sakwa • May 21 2015 • Articles

The conflict in Ukraine is a result of the turbulence in the system of European security, the internal crisis in Ukraine, and the crisis of Russian developmental model.

Review – Frontline Ukraine: Crisis in the Borderlands

Paul Robinson • May 20 2015 • Features

Sakwa lays out a courageous and powerful case which directly challenges the prevailing ‘blame everything on Russia’ narrative regarding the current conflict in Ukraine.

Diversity Policy in Ukraine and Its Neighbours: Running on the Spot Again?

Alexander Osipov • May 18 2015 • Articles

Diversity policies in Ukraine, Russia, Moldova and Belarus have similar features and focus on recreating a narrative of multi-ethnicity with an ethnic or cultural core.

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