Political Geography: Russia - CIAO Search Results

Author:: Alexander A. Sergounin
Publication Date:: 07-1996
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: Danish Institute for International Studies
Abstract:: The end of the Cold War, the collapse of the USSR and its Marxist ideology, and the re-emergence of the Russian Federation as a separate, independent entity have compelled Russia to redefine its national interests and make major adjustments in the spheres of both foreign policy and international relations theory (IRT). These enormous tasks, together with an attendant polarisation of opinion on how to deal with them, have pitted Russia's policy makers and experts against one another in a fierce battle of world views. This debate is far from at an end. Neither a new security identity nor a coherent foreign policy strategy have yet been found.
Topic:: Security, Foreign Policy, Environment, Government, Politics, and Religion
Political Geography:: Russia, Europe, and Asia

Author:: John W. Slocum
Publication Date:: 07-1995
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: The Judith Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
Abstract:: Practitioners of the late lamented science of Sovietology have been roundly criticized for failing to predict one of the most momentous events of the twentieth century—the disintegration of the Soviet Union. Anxious to avoid a repetition of past mistakes, post-Sovietologists have in turn devoted a good deal of attention to the question of whether the USSR's largest successor state, the Russian Federation, is itself in danger of breaking apart. Like the Soviet Union, the Russian Federation is a multinational state with ethnically-defined territorial subunits; political elites in these subunits, faced with massive political, economic and social uncertainty, may be attracted by the idea of political independence. During the first half of the 1990s, post-Soviet Russia has indeed experienced more than one crisis of center-periphery relations. The present study, however, suggests that the likelihood of a general disintegration of the Russian Federation peaked in the early 1990s and is now decreasing. In view of this analysis, the war in Chechnya is an exception to an overall trend toward consolidation, rather than an indicator of a general breakdown in center-periphery relations.
Topic:: Democratization, Government, and Nationalism
Political Geography:: Russia, Soviet Union, and Chechnya

Author:: Matthew Auer
Publication Date:: 01-1995
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: International Security Studies at Yale University
Abstract:: "Estonia's environment and nature are special," the Estonian scholar observed, as we sipped coffee in a dingy cafe in Tallinn. "But to them," he said, lowering his voice, and nodding slightly toward a table of Russian-speakers, "it means nothing. To a Russian, the environment is a 100-meter square area around him and his home. He does not care...no, it's more simple—he is not aware of my country's environment."
Topic:: Conflict Resolution and Environment
Political Geography:: Russia and Eastern Europe

Publication Date:: 09-1994
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: The Carter Center
Abstract:: In September 1994, the Commission on Radio and Television Policy, bringing together the New Independent States, Poland, the Czech Republic, and the United States, met in St. Petersburg, Russia, to discuss the most important policy issue of the electronic media: how to strengthen the independence of radio and television. The members of the Commission represented several different approaches and types of government, but, in the end, there was unanimous agreement on a communiqué urging all parties to defend and extend autonomy of the media.
Topic:: Democratization and International Cooperation
Political Geography:: Russia, United States, Europe, and Asia

Publication Date:: 11-1993
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: The Carter Center
Abstract:: Changing economic relations are among the most important issues in the future of telecommunications throughout the world. Everywhere, governments and private companies are attentive to profound changes introduced by the processes of privatization, democratization, and development and implementation of new technologies. The future is already upon us, with great speed and often unexpected consequences.
Topic:: Ethnic Conflict and International Cooperation
Political Geography:: Russia, United States, Europe, and Asia

Publication Date:: 11-1992
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: The Carter Center
Abstract:: The meeting in Alma Ata of the Commission on Radio and Television Policy marked a new and important stage in the collaboration between the United States and the former Soviet Union. I was proud to serve as co-chairman, together with Eduard Sagalaev. The Commission now has been enlarged to include the major television stations of newly independent republics of the former Soviet Union and the head of an organization of independent stations. It is a unique body.
Topic:: Ethnic Conflict and International Cooperation
Political Geography:: Russia, United States, Europe, and Asia

Publication Date:: 11-1991
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: The Carter Center
Abstract:: The first meeting of the Commission on Television Policy culminated a project that began with basic research on the impact of television on the electoral process in many countries. From this research, a Working Group developed a document presenting a wide range of options and trade-offs in broadcast practice and rules worldwide. With this reference document, Commissioners from the United States and the independent states from the territory of the former Soviet Union began their discussions at The Carter Center on November 15 and 16, 1991.
Topic:: Ethnic Conflict and International Cooperation
Political Geography:: Russia, United States, Europe, and Asia

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