As the Russian invasion of Georgia in August 2008 demonstrated in no uncertain terms, Russia has developed into a neo-imperialist power seeking to restore its spheres of dominance, to undermine the emergence of a wider Europe, and to prevent the development of a coherent transatlantic community. Under the Vladimir Putin and Dmitri Medvedev presidencies, the Russian Federation has set for itself an ambitious foreign policy goal of counterbalancing U.S. influence and curtailing the expansion of Western multinational institutions. This strategy's key component is to raise Russia's global stature...
As the Russian invasion of Georgia in August 2008 demonstrated in no uncertain terms, Russia has developed into a neo-imperialist power seeking to res...
This book consists of a comprehensive examination of Communist policies toward rural societies and indigenous peoples which make up the Fourth World of peasant and tribal populations in Third World states. It explores the national adaptations of Communist or Marxist-Leninist theory and praxis.
This book consists of a comprehensive examination of Communist policies toward rural societies and indigenous peoples which make up the Fourth World o...