This paper argues that Russia and China are partners of consequence and that the neglect
of the normative dimension of the Sino-Russian relationship has led its impact on global …

Current events happening around the world, especially the'humanitarian interventions' by
NATO and the West within the context of the so-called Arab Spring, make the understanding …

A conventional opinion is that Russia is trying to destroy the liberal international order.
Russia indeed defies it, but also justifies its foreign policy with the liberal order's normative …

In 1989–1991 the geo-ideological contestation between two blocs was swept away, together
with the ideology of civil war and its concomitant Cold War played out on the larger stage …

Contemporary Russia faces a three-fold challenge: to find an appropriate paradigm of 'the
international'in external relations (the foreign integration question); to devise a model of 'the …

Over two decades have passed since the dissolution of the communist system and the
disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991 yet there is still no consensus over the causes and …

Central Asia's Aral Sea crisis represents a disaster of monumental proportions, a tragedy for
both the region's ecology and its human inhabitants. While the human and natural …

This article analyses the content and structure of the Kremlin's political discourse since the
start of Vladimir Putin's presidency in 2000 and in the context of the conflicts in Georgia and …

This book explores how norms-based international organizations, namely the Council of
Europe and the OSCE, are still able to win in world politics. Fawn uses the concept of …

There has long been a debate over whether development is a prerequisite for democracy,
and by the same token, whether democracy is a precondition for development. This debate …