This text provides an account of the efforts of a research centre in Moscow to employ Russian weapons scientists, and redirect their research toward peaceful applications.
This text discusses the relationship between Russia, Iran and Turkey since the collapse of the Soviet empire. These nations are the main rivals for influence in the Caucasas and Central Asia, with China a distant factor.
Originally published in 1942, this text tells the story of the Continental Army and George Washington in the desperate early months when the American Revolution faced defeat and... Læs mere
An analysis of economic policy in Latin America. The text utilises six case studies, and features the economic policies of the 1990s, mathematical and statistical modelling, and a review of competing paradigms.
This text critically examines the conventional wisdom of economists on trade issues in the 1990s. It covers recent perspectives: on international economy; current issues in American trade policy; global trade imbalances and international monetary reform; and development policy.
This text critically examines the conventional wisdom of economists on trade issues in the 1990s. It covers recent perspectives: on international economy; current issues in American trade policy; global trade imbalances and international monetary reform; and development policy.
This text provides an analysis of the variety of consequences that elections may have for the operation of American political institutions and the formulation and administration of policy.
This collection of essays critically examines the cultural, historical, psychological and spiritual makeup of Russian society as it undergoes rapid economic and political change.
This work presents an assessment of the migration from Hong Kong that has occurred since the second half of the 1980s. This pronounced outflow of highly educated people (a "brain drain") is having a profound impact on destination areas, as well as on Hong Kong itself.
This text presents the work of scholars from all over Europe who examine processes of integration and disintegration at the level of nation states, federations, regions and Europe overall.
Combining a journalist's view of major trials with a political-legal analysis, this text gives a picture of the politics of justice in Russia. Coverage of major court cases ranges from the 1961 trial of the "currency speculators" to the Communist Party trial of 1992.
Based upon an analysis of a national survey of migration conducted in late 1986 by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, this book provides analyses of the volume... Læs mere