Synopses & Reviews
In this important work, Russian scholar Kremenyuk examines the state of political affairs in the former Soviet Union. As Russia moves fitfully toward democracy and away from its totalitarian past, sharp divisions--contemporary and historical--have appeared, within and around the new nation-state. These conflicts have already blocked some of the movement toward democracy. And as the contending parties, the president, and the parliament in the present Russian government struggle for power, that political struggle increases the likelihood of authoritarian solutions.
Review
...[T]he author provides an excellent idealogical treatise of the roots of Russia's concept of empire....Conflicts In and Around Russia is a timely book. It provided students of Russian foreign military policy witha a solid base in which to understand Russia's long term goals of reunificationa nd reintegration into a 'mini-USSR', absent of the baggageof the former Tsarist and Soviet regimes...[I]s a text that should be read and reread...Journal of Slavic Military Studies
About the Author
VICTOR A. KREMENYUK is Deputy Director of the Institute of the USA and Canada at the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
Conflicts in Russia: Historical Background
Russian Conflicts: Nature and Scope
Conflict Management: International and Russian Attitudes
Towards Conflict Resolution
Russia: Soviet Heir or New Nation?
Conflicts in Russian Foreign Relations
Russia in "Inherited" Conflicts: Superpower's Burden
Conflicts Come Closer to Russia
Conclusions: A Test for Russian Will and Wisdom
Appendix I: Chronology of Major Conflicts in USSR (1988-1991)
Appendix II: Chronology of Major Conflicts in CIS (1992)
Selected Bibliography
Index