Russia's repressive reaction to the "fourth wave" of democratization in former satellite countries was the catalyst for this study. Ambrosio (political science, North Dakota State University) uses the
Examining recent US-Russian relations, Ambrosio (political science, North Dakota State U.) argues that seeming vacillations in Russian foreign policy--between "bandwagoning" and "balancing" vis-a-vis
Among the significant consequences of the Cold War’s end has been the rise of nations and the challenges that these nations pose for global order and international law. Taking a unique approach
While the international system has been evolving in an increasingly liberal direction, the level of democratic practice within the post-Soviet region has, on the whole, declined.Two decades after the
This book examines how international factors interact with domestic conditions in ways that enable the persistence of authoritarianism in post-Soviet states. Several of these states are generally unde
