This volume is dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Russian Federation.

Dinamika i mekhanizmy etnopoliticheskikh protsessov v postsovetskoi Rossii

The book by the famous Russian orientalist Alexander Ignatenko examines theoretical and practical issues of the relationship and mutual influence of Islam and politics based on extensive factual material. The author analyzes the historical circumstances of the emergence, driving forces and ideology of religious and political movements appealing to Islam at the turn of the 20th and 21st...

Will Hutton calls for Britain and Europe to offer alternatives to the American Way. Under President Bush America has been forthright in its isolationism - until the attack on the World Trade Center - but whatever happens next, it is undoubtedly true that Bush will pursue a policy of America first. Hutton argues for a countervailing balance - economically and socially - to the American model....

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

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.

This book represents yet another attempt to unravel the phenomenon known as the Russian banya. Alongside historical and practical sections—which allow readers to trace the traditions of banya culture, or to independently build a banya, construct a stove, install a plunge pool, and prepare and administer wellness treatments—this volume offers a unique perspective on the banya experience,...

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

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 is the first scholarly attempt to research the ethnography of the Mari people.