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Intro -- Preface -- About us and our Centre -- About the Book -- The Content of the Book -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Twenty Five Years of Youth Studies: Global Names-Local Trends -- 1.1 Part 1: Youth of Russia at the Age of Perestroika-The Late Twentieth Century: The Beginning of the New Era -- 1.1.1 Introduction -- 1.1.2 After Socialism, Youth and Youth Studies Over the Past Twenty Five Years: A Three Key Stage Perspective -- 1.1.3 The Mid-1980s to the New Millennium: A Time of Rapid Change and Constant Uncertainty -- 1.1.4 Cultural Strategies of Russian Youth at the End of the Twentieth Century: From Advanced to Normal (and the Other Way Round) -- 1.1.4.1 Advanced Youth -- 1.1.4.2 Normal Youth -- 1.1.5 Key Changes in the Youth Cultural Space -- 1.1.6 Cultural Leftovers from This Period -- 1.2 Part 2: A New Millennium and New Generational Practices: The First Quarter of the Twenty-First Century -- 1.2.1 The State Brings Youth 'Back In' and Takes Them into Their Own Hands -- 1.2.2 The Financial and Economic Crisis and New Ideas on How to Name the Generations24 -- 1.2.3 The Consumer Profiles and Styles of 'Generation R' -- 1.2.4 Transition to the Concept of Solidarity -- 1.2.5 Do Subcultures Disappear? -- 1.2.6 The Period's Cultural Remains -- 1.2.7 The Youth Question in Contemporary Russia: Into the Second Decade, and Up to the Present Day -- 1.2.8 Important Aspects of the Generational Profile of Millennials -- 1.2.9 Subcultures, Solidarities and Youth Cultural Scenes -- 1.2.10 Empirical Results from a Survey of Young Students in Six Russian Cities -- 1.2.10.1 New Forms of Cultural Youth Involvement and Belonging -- 1.2.11 Traces or Cross-Cutting Ideas Specific to the Youth Space of Contemporary Russia -- 1.2.12 Conclusion.

Intro -- Foreword -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Studying Russian geopolitical imagination -- Renaissance of geopolitics -- Conspiracy, dialogue and political participation -- Part I Geopolitical Culture: Approaches to Understanding -- 1 The Logic of Recognition, Confrontation and Exceptionalism in Russian Geopolitical Culture -- Russia's "perpetual geopolitics" -- Struggle for recognition and Russian geopolitical imagination -- "Large space" and isolationism -- The stigma of barbarism -- Conclusions -- 2 Creating Usable Spaces in Education: Textbooks on Geopolitics -- Introduction -- Geopolitics Redux: Studying, Teaching, Selling -- Geopolitics: Ideology or pragmatism? -- "Laws of geopolitics" -- Securitization in textbooks -- Biopolitics and the rhetoric of "energy" -- Spatialization of history and the anti-colonial rhetoric -- Conclusions -- 3 "Civilizationism" in Russian Geopolitical Culture -- Introduction -- The mainstream political debates, "sovereign democracy" and the ideology of "Edinaia Rossiia" -- ROC and civilizational discourses -- The logic of fragility and security in civilizational discourses -- Conclusions -- 4 Geopolitical Imagination and Russian Imperial Science Fiction -- Introduction -- The Big Other of post-Soviet SF -- Geopolitics of civilizations -- The imperial sublime in Russian SF -- Biology and energy -- Engaging with Strugatsky brothers -- Orthodox SF -- Conclusions -- Part II Imaginary Places -- 5 "Holy Russia" -- Introduction -- "Holy Russia" project -- "Holy Russia" as a civilization -- Mapping Kirill's pastoral visits -- 6 Continent Eurasia in Russian Geopolitical Imagination -- Introduction -- Defining Eurasian continentalism -- "Naturalness" -- Hyperbole of development -- Hyperbole of autonomy -- Hyperbole of authenticity -- Conclusions.

1. Introduction -- 2. Civil society, NGOs and the Russian state -- 3. Civil society and the global governance of HIV/AIDS -- 4. Russia's HIV/AIDS epidemic and government response -- 5. HIV/AIDS and Russian society -- 6. The organisational landscape of HIV/AIDS NGOs in Russia -- 7. Building bridges, creating trust : HIV/AIDS NGOs in Tomsk -- 8. Improving policy and practice : HIV/AIDS NGOs in St. Petersburg -- 9. Advocacy based on evidence : HIV/AIDS NGOs in Kaliningrad -- 10. In the centre of Russian HIV/AIDS politics : HIV/AIDS NGOs in Moscow -- 11. Conclusions.

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The history of official relations between Russia and Japan encompasses a period of a little more than one hundred and fifty years, but stretch back unofficially for at least double that amount of time. But for both Russia and Japan, these relations have never been a key element of foreign policy, indispensable or intrinsically important for their diplomatic strategy. It is also noteworthy that for most of this time Russia and Japan were enemies, rivals, competitors. For both parties the significance of bilateral relations to a large extent was determined by their geographical proximity. This geographically predestined relationship can be characterized as 'distant neighbors'. At the same time, at certain historical stages, this neighborhood was not so 'distant'. The countries managed to establish relations in the economic sphere while tourism cultural scientific and educational ties were actively developing. The complexity of the relations which developed for just over three centuries is worthy of study. This book analyzes these three centuries of Japan-Russia relations so as not to miss out any essential factors of the relationship.

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An analysis of the challenges facing Russia's economy ten years after the transition, based on recent research and data.Can Russia's recent burst of economic growth be sustained? Taking a comprehensive look at the economic and political regime shift from Yeltsin to Putin, this book explores the key challenges facing the Russian economy: to narrow the productivity gap between Russian and Western firms and industries; to attract more domestic and foreign investment; and, underlying these goals, to implement the judicial, administrative, social, and banking reforms necessary to future growth.Written by a team of researchers from the Center for Economic and Financial Research--a Moscow-based independent think tank--the book draws on a wealth of new research and data. The authors emphasize the need to strengthen the protection of property rights, restructure the banking sector, and reduce government officials' powers to intervene arbitrarily in private businesses. They also stress the importance of enhancing human capital--through educational reform and by reducing barriers to citizens' geographical and sectoral mobility. Considering political institutions, the authors examine the promise and risks of the centralization of power around President Putin. Finally, they discuss the likely impact of Russia's greater integration into the world economy, notably through its potential membership in the World Trade Organization.

Intro -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- Contents -- List of Acronyms -- List of Tables -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction -- Policy -- Security -- Multilateral Cooperation -- Bilateral Cooperation -- Economic -- Russian Foreign Policy in Central Asia -- First Stage (1992-1995) -- Russia's Policy in Central Asia -- Security and Military Cooperation -- Economic Aspects -- Institutional Cooperation -- Results of Russian Policy -- Policies of the Central Asian Countries -- Economic Aspects -- Institutional Cooperation -- Security and Military Cooperation -- Second Stage (1996-1999) -- Russia's Policy in Central Asia -- Security and Military Cooperation -- Economic Aspects -- Institutional Cooperation -- Results of Russian Policy -- Policies of the Central Asian Countries -- Economic Aspects -- Institutional Cooperation -- Security and Military Cooperation -- Third Stage (2000 to the Present Day) -- Russia's Policy in Central Asia -- Institutional Cooperation -- Security and Military Cooperation -- Economic Aspects -- Results of Russian Policy -- Policies of the Central Asian Countries -- Institutional Cooperation -- Security and Military Cooperation -- Economic Aspects -- Russian Security Relations with Central Asia -- Multilateral Cooperation -- The Commonwealth of Independent States -- The CIS Anti-Terrorist Centre -- The Collective Security Treaty Organisation -- The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation -- Bilateral Cooperation -- Russia Kazakhstan -- Military Cooperation -- Training of Military Personnel -- Use of Military Facilities -- Cooperation in External Border Protection -- Cooperation in Defence Equipment Supply -- Cooperation in Defence Research, Development and Manufacturing -- Cooperation in Space Activities -- Russia Kyrgyzstan -- Military Cooperation -- Training of Military Personnel -- Use of Military Facilities.

Relations between China and Russia have evolved dramatically since their first diplomatic contact, particularly during the twentieth century. During the past decade China and Russia have made efforts to strengthen bilateral ties and improve cooperation on a number of diplomatic fronts. The People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation maintain exceptionally close and friendly relations, strong geopolitical and regional cooperation, and significant levels of trade. In The Future of China-Russia Relations, scholars from around the world explore the current state of the relationship betwe

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