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From War to Peace in the Balkans, the Middle East and Ukraine
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ISBN: 3030021734 3030021726 Year: 2019 Publisher: Cham Springer Nature

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This open access book focuses on the origins, consequences and aftermath of the 1995 and 1999 Western military interventions that led to the end of the most recent Balkan wars. Though challenging problems remain in Bosnia, Macedonia, Kosovo, and Serbia, the conflict prevention and state-building efforts thereafter were partly successful as countries of the region are on separate tracks towards European Union membership. This study highlights lessons that can be applied to the Middle East and Ukraine, where similar conflicts are likewise challenging sovereignty and territorial integrity. It is an accessible treatment of what makes war and how to make peace ideal for all readers interested in how violent international conflicts can be managed, informed by the experience of a practitioner. Daniel Serwer is Professor and Director of the Conflict Management program at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, USA. .


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The Cold War in the Classroom : International Perspectives on Textbooks and Memory Practices
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ISBN: 3030119998 303011998X Year: 2019 Publisher: Cham Springer Nature

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This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book explores how the socially disputed period of the Cold War is remembered in today’s history classroom. Applying a diverse set of methodological strategies, the authors map the dividing lines in and between memory cultures across the globe, paying special attention to the impact the crisis-driven age of our present has on images of the past. Authors analysing educational media point to ambivalence, vagueness and contradictions in textbook narratives understood to be echoes of societal and academic controversies. Others focus on teachers and the history classroom, showing how unresolved political issues create tensions in history education. They render visible how teachers struggle to handle these challenges by pretending that what they do is ‘just history’. The contributions to this book unveil how teachers, backgrounding the political inherent in all memory practices, often nourish the illusion that the history in which they are engaged is all about addressing the past with a reflexive and disciplined approach.


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Baltic iron in the Atlantic world in the eighteenth century
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ISBN: 9004161538 9786611936365 1281936367 9047421477 9789047421474 9789004161535 9781281936363 661193636X Year: 2007 Publisher: Boston : Brill,

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The eighteenth century is often viewed as the heroic age of the British iron industry - a time of triumphant technological progress. In fact, it was an age of thwarted ambition, when the take-up of new technologies proved frustratingly slow. The eighteenth century was more accurately the age of Baltic iron. Swedish and Russian iron surged onto the British market, meeting the demand that British ironmasters could not satisfy. This was of epochal importance: Swedish iron allowed British steel makers and hardware manufacturers to dominate Atlantic markets. In turn, the rhythms of Atlantic commerce resounded through peasant communities in Sweden. Baltic iron in the Atlantic world captures this moment. In doing so it internationalises Swedish history in a radical way and presses an oceanic perspective on the traditionally insular view of the rise of heavy industry in Britain.

Russia's Chechen wars 1994-2000
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ISBN: 0833029983 9786612282621 128228262X 0833032488 9780833032485 9780833029980 9781282282629 6612282622 Year: 2001 Publisher: Santa Monica, CA Rand

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Russian and rebel military forces fought to control the Chechen city of Grozny in 1994-1995 and 1999-2000, as well as clashing in smaller towns and villages. This work examines both Russian and rebel tactics and operations in those battles.


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Practical Economics : Economic Transformation and Government Reform in Georgia 2004–2012
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ISBN: 3319457691 3319457683 Year: 2017 Publisher: Basingstoke Springer Nature

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This book is open access under a CC BY license. In this book, Nika Gilauri reveals his formulas for government reform and economic recovery, including how to fight against corruption, reform fiscal policy and tax systems, privatize state-owned enterprises, build a welfare system for those most in need, create a competitive education and healthcare system, and streamline procurement. All formulas are corroborated by practical experience and empirical evidence gathered during Mr Gilauri's term as a cabinet member (2004-2009) and prime minister (2009-2012) of Georgia, and provide an in-depth view of what worked in the case of Georgia since 2003, and how lessons learned could be applied in other parts of the world.

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Political science. --- Russia --- Europe, Eastern --- Political economy. --- Comparative politics. --- Macroeconomics. --- Public administration. --- Economic growth. --- Political Science and International Relations. --- Comparative Politics. --- Political Economy. --- Public Administration. --- Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics. --- Economic Growth. --- Russian, Soviet, and East European History. --- History. --- Development, Economic --- Economic growth --- Growth, Economic --- Administration, Public --- Delivery of government services --- Government services, Delivery of --- Public management --- Public sector management --- Comparative political systems --- Comparative politics --- Government, Comparative --- Political systems, Comparative --- Economic theory --- Political economy --- Administration --- Civil government --- Commonwealth, The --- Government --- Political theory --- Political thought --- Politics --- Science, Political --- Economic policy --- Economics --- Statics and dynamics (Social sciences) --- Development economics --- Resource curse --- Political science --- Administrative law --- Decentralization in government --- Local government --- Public officers --- Social sciences --- Economic man --- State, The --- Russia-History. --- International Political Economy. --- Russia—History. --- Europe, Eastern—History. --- Comparative Politics --- Political Economy --- Public Administration --- Macroeconomics --- Finance --- Economic Growth --- Russian, Soviet, and East European History

By honor bound
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ISBN: 1501707191 1501706969 9781501706967 0801434351 9781501707193 9781501707193 1501706950 Year: 1999 Publisher: Ithaca, N.Y. Cornell University Press

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In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Russians from all ranks of society were bound together by a culture of honor. Here one of the foremost scholars of early modern Russia explores the intricate and highly stylized codes that made up this culture. Nancy Shields Kollmann describes how these codes were manipulated to construct identity and enforce social norms--and also to defend against insults, to pursue vendettas, and to unsettle communities. She offers evidence for a new view of the relationship of state and society in the Russian empire, and her richly comparative approach enhances knowledge of statebuilding in premodern Europe. By presenting Muscovite state and society in the context of medieval and early modern Europe, she exposes similarities that blur long-standing distinctions between Russian and European history.Through the prism of honor, Kollmann examines the interaction of the Russian state and its people in regulating social relations and defining an individual's rank. She finds vital information in a collection of transcripts of legal suits brought by elites and peasants alike to avenge insult to honor. The cases make clear the conservative role honor played in society as well as the ability of men and women to employ this body of ideas to address their relations with one another and with the state. Kollmann demonstrates that the grand princes-and later the tsars-tolerated a surprising degree of local autonomy throughout their rapidly expanding realm. Her work marks a stark contrast with traditional Russian historiography, which exaggerates the power of the state and downplays the volition of society.

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Diffamation --- Honneur --- Honor --- Libel and slander --- Courts of honor --- History. --- Soviet Union --- History --- Honor, Courts of --- Business ethics --- Legal ethics --- Medical ethics --- Calumny --- Defamation --- Slander --- Torts --- Honour --- Chivalry --- Conduct of life --- Law and legislation --- Советский Союз --- Ber. ha-M. --- Zwia̦zek Socjalistycznych Republik Radzieckich --- Szovjetunió --- TSRS --- Tarybų Socialistinių Respublikų Sąjunga --- SRSR --- Soi︠u︡z Radi︠a︡nsʹkykh Sot︠s︡ialistychnykh Respublik --- SSSR --- Soi︠u︡z Sovetskikh Sot︠s︡ialisticheskikh Respublik --- UdSSR --- Shūravī --- Ittiḥād-i Jamāhīr-i Ishtirākīyah-i Shūrāʼīyah --- Russia (1923- U.S.S.R.) --- Sovetskiy Soyuz --- Soyuz SSR --- Sovetskiĭ Soi︠u︡z --- Soi︠u︡z SSR --- Uni Sovjet --- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics --- USSR --- SSṚM --- Sovetakan Sotsʻialistakan Ṛespublikaneri Miutʻyun --- SSHM --- Sovetakan Sotsʻialistakan Hanrapetutʻyunneri Miutʻyun --- URSS --- Unión de Repúblicas Socialistas Soviéticas --- Berit ha-Moʻatsot --- Rusyah --- Ittiḥād al-Sūfiyītī --- Rusiyah --- Rusland --- Soṿet-Rusland --- Uni Soviet --- Union soviétique --- Zȯvlȯlt Kholboot Uls --- Związek Radziecki --- ESSD --- Sahaphāp Sōwīat --- KhSHM --- SSR Kavširi --- Russland --- SNTL --- PSRS --- Su-lien --- Sobhieṭ Ẏuniẏana --- FSSR --- Unione Sovietica --- Ittiḥād-i Shūravī --- Soviyat Yūniyan --- Russian S.F.S.R. --- Courts --- Tribunaux --- Histoire --- Russia --- Courts of honor - Russia - History. --- Libel and slander - Russia - History. --- Honor - Russia - History. --- Patriarchy --- Muscovy --- litigation --- culture of honor --- Muscovite --- strategies of integration --- absolutist state --- European history --- early modern Russia


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New Wars and Old Plagues : Armed Conflict, Environmental Change and Resurgent Malaria in the Southern Caucasus
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ISBN: 3031311434 3031311426 Year: 2023 Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,

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This Open Access book uses Mary Kaldor’s concept of “New Wars” to explore how ethnic conflict reshaped the social and environmental landscape of the Southern Caucuses following the collapse of the Soviet Union. It relies on remote sensing data and qualitative historical research to explore how armed conflict between non-state actors generated the region’s largest epidemic of P. vivax malaria since the 1960s. This book is an important addition to the literature on the Karabakh conflict and conflict studies more broadly because the infectious disease outbreaks associated with warfare often kill more people than the armed conflicts themselves. Warfare itself has also changed dramatically since the collapse of the USSR, and the Karabakh conflict provides an excellent case study of the way “New Wars” transform the natural and social environment to facilitate outbreaks of preventable disease. This extended case study will be useful to researchers from a variety of academic disciplines, including medical anthropology, geography, conflict studies, disease ecology, global health and public health. It also reveals the fragility of twentieth century malaria control in temperate regions and will assist in predictive modeling for future outbreaks.

Russia and the idea of Europe : a study in identity and international relations.
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ISBN: 0415113709 0415113717 9780415113717 Year: 1996 Volume: *1 Publisher: London Routledge

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History of Eastern Europe --- anno 1800-1999 --- Russian Federation --- Europe --- Russia (Federation) --- Russia --- Soviet Union --- Russie --- Russie (R.S.F.S.R.) --- URSS --- Relations --- History --- Philosophy --- Histoire --- Philosophie --- #SBIB:328H262 --- 812 Ideologie --- 815 Geschiedenis --- 820 Internationale Betrekkingen --- 827 Geopolitiek --- 842.1 Propaganda --- 845 Religie --- 846 Identiteit --- 876.1 Defensie --- 884 Europa --- 884.1 Oost-Europa --- Instellingen en beleid: Rusland en het GOS --- 884.1 Oost-EuropaInstellingen en beleid: Rusland en het GOS --- Rossiyskaya Federatsiya --- Rossiya (Federation) --- Rossii︠a︡ (Federation) --- Российская Федерация --- Rossiĭskai︠a︡ Federat︠s︡ii︠a︡ --- Російська Федерація --- Rosiĭsʹka Federat︠s︡ii︠a︡ --- Federazione della Russia --- Russische Föderation --- RF --- Federation of Russia --- Urysye Federat︠s︡ie --- Правительство России --- Pravitelʹstvo Rossii --- Правительство Российской Федерации --- Pravitelʹstvo Rossiĭskoĭ Federat︠s︡ii --- Правительство РФ --- Pravitelʹstvo RF --- Rosja (Federation) --- O-lo-ssu (Federation) --- Roshia Renpō --- Federazione russa --- OKhU --- Orosyn Kholboony Uls --- Russian S.F.S.R. --- Council of Europe countries --- Eastern Hemisphere --- Eurasia --- Philosophy. --- Eluosi (Federation) --- 俄罗斯 (Federation) --- Russia - History - Philosophy --- Soviet Union - History - Philosophy --- Russia (Federation) - History - Philosophy --- Europe - Relations - Russia (Federation) --- Russia (Federation) - Relations - Europe --- RF (Russian Federation) --- Россия (Federation)

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