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alignment
Alignment Calculations
Alignment Patterns
Alignment Strategy
Andijon Massacre
Author_Eric A. Miller
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Central Asian States
cis
CIS Country
CIS Framework
CIS Leader
CIS State
Country's Economic Dependence
Country’s Economic Dependence
dependence
Domestic Political Opposition
domestic political threats
economic
economic dependence analysis
ED Framework
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Ethnic Uzbeks
Foreign Minister
framework
independent
Independent Alignment
internal
Internal Threats
international relations theory
Karshi Khanabad
leader
NATO Enlargement
Nuclear Disarmament
Oliy Majlis
patterns
political alignment factors
Political Parties
post-Soviet politics
Russian influence in Eurasia
security studies CIS
threats
Ukrainian Economic Dependence
Ukrainian Leaders
Ukrainian Parliament
UN
Product details
- ISBN 9780754643340
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 31 Mar 2006
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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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.
Eric A. Miller is an International Affairs Analyst with the National Institute for Public Policy (NIPP), Fairfax, Virginia, USA and currently provides on-site support for the Missile Defense Agency's International Affairs Directorate, where he concentrates on missile defense issues pertaining to Russia, Ukraine and the rest of Eurasia. He is also a Research Associate at the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Affairs at George Washington University, Washington, DC. His articles on Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States, US foreign and defense policy, and international relations theory have appeared in leading publications such as Astropolitics, Comparative Strategy, Defense News, European Security, Financial Times, Presidential Studies Quarterly, Problems of Post-Communism, Security Studies, and US Naval Institute's Proceedings.
