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First Published in 2015. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an Informa company.
List of contents
Preface I. The Impact of the International Environment: Theoretical and Methodological Considerations 2. Western Efforts to Shape Post-Soviet Behavior: Contemporary Developments in Historical Perspective 3. The Transformation of Russian Foreign Policy 4. Russia and Security in Europe 5. Conflict Resolution and Peace Operations in the Former Soviet Union: Is There a Role for Security Institutions? 6. The Roots of American Goals for Eurasia 7. China, Japan, and the Post-Soviet Upheaval: Global Opportunities and Regional Risks 8. The Role of Turkey and Iran in Incorporating the Former Soviet Republics into the World System 9. Germany and the Post-Soviet States 10. German and American Assistance to the Post-Soviet Transition 11. The Economic Transformation Process in the Post-Soviet States: The Role of Outside Actors 12. External Finance, Policy Conditionalities, and Transition from Central Planning 13. Neoliberal Economic Reform and the Consolidation of Democracy in Russia: Or Why Institutions and Ideas Might Matter More than Economics 14. Bringing the Rule of Law to Russia and the Newly Independent States: The Role of the West in the Transformation of the Post-Soviet Legal Systems 5. U.S. Assistance to the Newly Independent States: When Good Things Come in Smaller Packages 16. The Role of External Assistance on Environmental and Health Policies in Russia 7. The Interaction Between Internal and External Agency in Post-Communist Transitions
About the author
Karen Dawisha is professor of government and director of the Center for the Study of Post-Communist Societies at the University of Maryland, College Park.
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First Published in 2015. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an Informa company.
