Russian Politics and Law, January 2012 Table of Contents

Volume 50 Number 1 / January-February 2012 of Russian Politics and Law is now available on the M.E. Sharpe web site at http://mesharpe.metapress.com. This issue contains: Characteristics of Russian Power: Editor’s Introduction  p. 3 Dmitry Gorenburg Perestroika, Second Edition: Revolution and Counterrevolution in Russia  p. 7 Vladimir B. Pastukhov The Specific Nature of “Russian State Power”: [...]

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Russian Politics and Law, September 2011 Table of Contents

Volume 49 Number 5 / September-October 2011 of Russian Politics and Law is now available on the M.E. Sharpe web site at http://mesharpe.metapress.com. This issue contains: Ukraine After Yushchenko: Editor’s Introduction p.3 Dmitry Gorenburg Change, Transition, or Cycle: The Dynamics of Ukraine’s Political Regime in 2004-2010 p.8 Yuri Matsievski Post-Soviet Gravitation: On the Results of the Presidential Elections [...]

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Ukraine After Yushchenko: Editor’s Introduction

Over the last decade, Ukrainian politics has been characterized by its volatility. The Orange Revolution brought hope of a rapid democratization, although these hopes were soon dashed because of divisions among the governing coalition. Finally, in 2010, a population that was tired of the political instability elected Viktor Yanukovych as president. Although there were concerns [...]

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Russian Politics and Law, November 2010 Table of Contents

Volume 48 Number 6 / November-December 2010 of Russian Politics and Law is now available on the mesharpe.metapress.com web site at http://mesharpe.metapress.com. Contents after the cut. This issue contains: Russia in the Western World: Russian Interactions with Europe: Editor’s Introduction p.3 Dmitry Gorenburg Russians’ Views on Foreign Policy After the Caucasus Crisis p.7 Andrei Andreev The [...]

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Russia in the Western World: Russian Interactions with Europe

Since at least August 2008, Russian foreign policy toward the West has come to be seen by many analysts as aggressive and bent on extracting maximum economic and political benefit regardless of the long term consequences for relationships. In this issue, six Russian scholars discuss their perceptions of Russian attitudes toward and relations with its [...]

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