E-Book, Englisch, 206 Seiten
Miller To Balance or Not to Balance
Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-1-351-87887-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
Alignment Theory and the Commonwealth of Independent States
E-Book, Englisch, 206 Seiten
ISBN: 978-1-351-87887-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
With the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, fifteen newly independent states emerged from the imperial wreckage, some more ready than others to grasp their new found independence. This book tackles the seminal question related to these broader developments: why did some states choose to align with Russia, despite Moscow's overwhelming power advantage and recurrent neo-imperial ambitions? Eric A. Miller develops and tests a theoretical framework that extends traditional realist alignment theories to include domestic level political and economic variables critical to the study of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Specifically, Miller argues that internal political threats to CIS leaders and the extent of a country's economic dependence on Russia were the most influential factors in determining alignments. The volume is designed to meet the need for a thorough theoretical and scholarly assessment of the international and domestic politics of CIS countries.
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Contents: Introduction; Threats, dependence, and alignment patterns; Uzbek-Russian security relations and alignment patterns; Islam Karimov and internal threats; Uzbekistan and economic dependence on Russia; Ukrainian-Russian security relations and alignment patterns; Ukrainian leaders and internal threats; Ukraine and economic dependence on Russia; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.