Leading thinkers of the Russian Academy of Sciences present their analysis on the ongoing globalization and transformation of the world and the newest theories that seek to explain this process.

Sotsiologicheskoe issledovanie v sel'skikh raionakh Khanty-Mansiiskogo Avtonomnogo okruga.

Central Asia on the way to integration: geopolitics, ethnicity and security.

From Publishers Weekly: Its first half is a narrative and analysis of the military campaign that overthrew Saddam Hussein's government in three weeks during the spring of 2003. Clark, a highly visible commentator during the operation, describes the U.S. ability to synchronize firepower and maneuvers as decisive in crushing an Iraqi army whose fighting power had been significantly...

A sociological investigation of social and economic inequality among ethnic groups in Russia. The authors examine the historical perspective from the days of the Soviet Union to the present. It also examines religious differences and gender issues. Includes a detailed look at Sakha (Yakutia), Tatarstan and Bashkortostan.

The first book in the series Truths and Falsehoods of Russian reforms is devoted to Russian economic thought, determined by three main figures of political economy: I.T.Pososhkova (1670-1726), V.N.Maykova (1823-1847) and Fedorov (1927-2000).

The book covers the Near and Middle East, South and Central Asia.

The author examines the history of Russian/Soviet trade and economic cooperation with Turkey. The book covers both the Tsarist period of the last 19th century, trade with the new Turkish Republic and the USSR and from 1991-2001.

The author examines the causes behind the economic crises of Russia in the 1990s - which he terms the great post-Soviet depression.