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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Near Abroad"”.
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Outsourced Combatants: The Russian State and the Vostok Battalion
… foreign security policy objectives in the Near Abroad. By tracking the history of Vostok (East) Battalion during its two distinctly different iterations, first as a militia for the Yamadayev family which operated primarily in Chechnya as well as briefly in South Ossetia and Lebanon and then …
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Russia's Foreign Policy in Eastern Europe: The Moldovan Question
… foreign policy and its application in Russia's near abroad. The primary case study is Russian foreign policy instruments applied to the Eastern European country of Moldova. This thesis directly cites the Russian National Security Concept (RNSC) documents from 2000 and 2016 as the foundation for …
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A Legacy of Empire: Russian Imperialism and the Survival of the Ukrainian State
… inclined. Rather, it appears that Russia is near abroad. This trend may be expected to manifest in the future, especially in areas such as Ukraine that have long socio-historical links to Russia. This does not bode well for the survival of the Ukrainian state as it is presently constituted. …
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The Politics of Strategic Offensive Nuclear Weapons in the Former Soviet Union
… political and economic supremacy over the "near abroad." Ukraine is attempting to ensure its national survival while coping with significant economic and political problems at home. Kazakhstan is working to have the best of both worlds; economic success using western economic models, and …
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Russia's New Military Doctrine: Blueprint For a Renewed Threat
… an ambitious plan of influencing events in the "near abroad" using a variety of covert and overt means. Thus, despite the collapse of communism and the Soviet state, to dismiss Russian military intentions and capabilities as anything other than a renewed threat to Eurasian peace and stability is …
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Pumping up : Russian energy and national power
… Russia seeks to keep resource rich states in its near abroad in its sphere of influence in order to keep their supply within its grasp. Fourthly, it manages relations with neighboring states in possession of transit infrastructure to keep supply routes open to markets. Lastly, it invests abroad in …
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NORTH BY NORTHEAST: TOWARDS AN ASIAN-ARCTIC REGION
… commons while it simultaneously claims to be a near- Arctic state, revealing the tension between privileging flows and territory in the circumpolar north. I analyze trade statistics, rhetorical framings, and scientific endeavors to understand how the Northeast Asian countries are turning their …
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A tapestry of resistance: Afghan educated refugee women in Pakistan: 'agency', identity and education in war and displacement
… of Afghanistan, as well as Pakistan, as the `near abroad'. This includes national `modernization', Sovietization and Islamization efforts and the influence of regional and global politics on Afghanistan and Afghans. The study also shows that many Afghan women, in all their diversity, have …