Russian Regions and Regionalism

Preface Acknowledgments About the authors Map: Russian Federation Part I: Introduction 1. Characterising Centre-Periphery Relations in the Yeltsin Era Martin Nicholson 2. Putin: An End to Centrifugalism? Dr Mark Smith Part II: Thematic Aspects of Russian Regionalism 3. Russia's Demographic Crisis and Federal Instability Dr Graeme P. Herd 4. Transborder Security and Regionalisation Dr Derek Averre 5. 'Regionology' and Russian Foreign Policy - Identifying the Theoretical Alternatives Dr Christer Pursiainen 6. Russia's Regionalisation: The interplay of domestic and International factors Dr Alexander Sergounin 7. Military Aspects of Regionalism Dr Pavel K Baev Part III: Russia's Regions Under Putin: Case Studies 8. Sakhalin Oblast: Sectoral Globalisation Michael Bradshaw 9. Centre-Periphery Conflict as a Security Dilamma: Moscow vs Vladivostok Mikhail A Alexseev 10. The 'Power Vertical' and Horizontal Networking: Competing Strategies of Domestic and International Integration for Nizhniy Novgorod Oblast Dr Audrey Makarychev 11. Regionalisation and Russian Foreign Policy: the Case of St Petersberg Dr Stanislav L Tkachenko 12. Kaliningrad - a Pilot Region? Dr Steven J Main 13. Moscow: Centre and Periphery Oleg Alexandrov Part IV: Conclusions 14. Russian Federal Stability and the Dynamics of the Twenty-first Century Anne Aldis and Dr Graeme P Herd Appendix: Russia's Regional Structure Bibliography Index