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A narrative of the pioneer opening of Japan by Russia under Vice-Admiral Evfimii Vasil'evich Putiatin, which preceded Perry's mission in 1854, is given on the basis of diaries, reports and letters in Japanese, Chinese and Russian, as well as additional material in German and French.

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Russia has embarked on a slow but steady path of foreign policy alignment with the West. President Vladimir Putins market-oriented economic policies and structural reforms have added momentum.

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Exploring themes critical to understanding the current world order, this book lays bare the reality of the new Russia that emerged under Vladimir Putin.

Russia holds the worlds largest natural gas reserves, the second largest coal and uranium reserves, and the eighth largest oil reserves.

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Provides an overview of the nature and operation of Russia's state bureaucracy since the imperial period, including the Putin presidency. Exploring the problems and deficiencies of Russian bureaucracy since tsarist times, this book sheds light on Russian public administration, a key barrier to Russian normalization and democratization.

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Russia remains among the top-5 greenhouse gas emitters in the world and thus an important player in the field of international climate politics. To gain a deeper understanding of how Russian climate politics is formed, the changing and somewhat unexpected role scientists and scientific knowledge play in shaping Russian policymaking is explored.

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This book examines three bipolar relationships that have emerged as a result of the Eurasian energy triangleRussia-Former Soviet Union region, Russia-EU, and Russia-Chinaand the ways in which they, along with Putin's foreign energy policy, relate to the debate between neorealism and neoliberal institutionalism.

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This book examines three bipolar relationships that have emerged as a result of the Eurasian energy triangleRussia-Former Soviet Union region, Russia-EU, and Russia-Chinaand the ways in which they, along with Putin's foreign energy policy, relate to the debate between neorealism and neoliberal institutionalism.

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This important new study, drawing primarily on Russian sources, analyzes Russian foreign policy in the context of an ongoing national identity crisis.

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This book offers in-depth analysis of the reasons behind Russias policy toward the construction of a U.S ballistic missile defense system in Europe. It examines Russias policymaking dynamics and argues that, contrary to Moscows official claims, Russias objections are based on a combination of security concerns and political calculations.

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A very accessible introductory text, offering an exceptionally broad coverage of the politics of the Russian Federation. It examines the limited extent to which economic and social groups have been able to benefit from the fall of the communist order and to withstand the increasing authoritarianism of Putin's presidency. -- .

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This book provides a critical analysis of Putin's domestic and foreign policies covering leadership and regime change, political parties and democratisation, economy and society, regional politics, Chechnya, and foreign policy. -- .

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The book analyses Russias political and economic interests in the Middle East and North Africa, its relations with the MENA countries and its diplomatic engagement with the Western powers. It examines Russias strategy in the region, including its role in the Syria conflict, in the context of its broader foreign policy and war with Ukraine.

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This collection presents state-of-the-art creative scholarship in political science and area studies. The contributors examine governance issues in Russia in comparative perspective and examine key theoretical issues, such as incorporating the philosophies of science and technology into political studies.

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An examination of women's roles in politics and society in the contemporary Russian Federation, as it creates a new market economy and democratic course. This study traces the history of Russian politics, from the Bolshevik state of 1917 to the participation of women in the 1993 elections.

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This book offers a step-by-step analysis of key stages in the development of the Russian-American relationship since the late Cold War. Through its lenses one can perceive the roots of the Crimean crisis of 2014 as well as the path to a more promising future for the two global powers as well as the world. -- .

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This book offers a step-by-step analysis of key stages in the development of the Russian-American relationship since the late Cold War. Through its lenses one can perceive the roots of the Crimean crisis of 2014 as well as the path to a more promising future for the two global powers as well as the world. -- .

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Leslie Dale Feldman's Rustics and Politics: The Political Theory of The Beverly Hillbillies
looks at the political and economic themes in the classic post-World War II television show TheBeverly Hillbillies. This book analyzes the show's handling of social status, social mobility, work, the American dream, and the idea of earned wealth versus wealth achieved by luck.

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The Sacco-Vanzetti affair is the most famous and controversial case in American legal history. It divided the nation in the 1920s, and it has continued to arouse deep emotions, giving rise to an enormous literature. This title treats a dramatic and hitherto neglected aspect of the cause celebre that raised.

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