the collapse of the soviet :union: provided an extraordinary opportunity for china to enforce political and economic process in the central asian region. proximity of the border of china and the central asian countries with rapid economic growth of china, have imposed certain conditions on central asian countries' relations with it. in general, bilateral relations between china and the cou...

Throughout its short history, federal relations in Russia have been dominated by extra-legal political and economic relations rather than constitutionalism and the rule of law. The Russian Federation’s unique blend of constitutional, socioeconomic, and political asymmetry, far from promoting democracy, has bolstered authoritarian regimes in the regions. Federalism and regional democracy have al...

Almost all observers agree that in some sense political factors matter in the conduct of monetary policy. There is much less agreement as to which political factors are most important, or as to exactly how those factors influence monetary policy. In this essay, I will advance a rudimentary typology of political factors that have been of interest to students of the conduct of economic policy. I ...

The article addresses the problem of political identity in contemporary Russia by engaging with and extending the temporal scope of the constructivist analysis conducted by constructivist Ted Hopf. It suggests that the “great projects” politics of contemporary Russia, which are linked to the specificity of the country’s political identity and seem to be similar to that of the late-Soviet period...