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.

An interdisciplinary analysis of changes and recent developments in the theory and strategy of integration processes in the strategic partnership between Russia and the European Union.

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.

Original title: The Hydrogen Economy. The road to global security, writes Jeremy Rifkin, 'lies in lessening our dependence on Middle East oil and making sure that all people on Earth have access to the energy they need to sustain life. Weaning the world off oil and turning it toward hydrogen is a promissory note for a safer world.' Rifkin's international bestseller The Hydrogen Economy...

A review and analysis of Russia's relations with the new countries of Central Asia.

Russia's Decline and Uncertain Recovery. Thomas E. Graham is a Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. From 1994-1997, he served as Head of the Political/Internal Unit and then Acting Political Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow. In this book he examines the reasons for the collapse of the USSR and the erosion of government power in Russia in the 1990s. He...

How do Russians feel about private property? Private business? The book, based in empirical research conducted 2004-2005, seeks to provide insight and answers.

A publication of the Russian Institute of Strategic Studies. Press run 350 copies.