The author, a historian, examines the roles of the 'informal' organizations that arose during perestroika and glasnost. These proto-democratic movements were active during the stormy years of political reform under Gorbachev and mobilized people, held rallies and then were used and then abandoned by the rising new elites remaining from the old Soviet system.

The book contains three public lectures on civil society by Professor Auzan during the public lecture series held by Polit.RU. The author is the director of the Department of Applied Institutional Economics at Moscow State University.

Published by the Information-Analytical Center 'SOVA,' the book examines the rise of aggressive, xenophobic nationalism in post-Soviet Russia and attempts to counter the rise in racially motivated crimes, still a serious and growing problem in Russia.

The book is a collection of analytical articles examining the current ideological trends inside of Russia from liberal-democratic to imperial, nationalistic and more.

The book seeks to analyze international conflicts and offers theoretical and practical suggestions to regulate conflict.

The anthology presents a comprehensive collection of sources representing the evolution and formulation of geopolitics from different nations and eras. One of the goals of the anthology is to deepen the awareness of the reader to the influence of nature (resources, climate, etc) on the internal and external politics of the state not only historically, but also in the context of globalization...

The author analyzes the nature, form and mechanisms of the construction of post-Soviet authority, as well as, the character of the transformation of Russian society in the 1990s.

The author helps the reader to master the nomenclature that represents a framework for the comprehension of real power and politics in the West: biopower, sympolic power, soft power technologies, communcation codes etc. The book is aimed at those who want to fully understand Russian power.

The book examines the social processes underway in Chechnya in the middle of the 1990s. The author examines the tactics used by Russian forces, the role of Islamic fundamentalism.

Analysis of the development of China economically and politically.

The leader of the Russian Communist Party, Gennadii Ziuganov, describes how his party seeks to defend and strengthen the independence of Russia and its place in the world.