When the Soviet Union collapsed in late 1991, many commentators speculated about the
consequences for the diasporic Russian population living throughout the southern tier, most …

Abstract During the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, the Soviet political and intellectual elite—including
both apparatchiks and dissidents—made up only tiny minorities in a very large and …

The experience of the Georgian diaspora in the Soviet Union is a story of the paradoxes of
Soviet empire. On the one hand, the arrival of the Red Army in Tbilisi in 1921 brought …

Using the case study of new Canadians who support the annexation of Crimea by Russia,
this paper shows how political convictions sometimes follow formation trajectories that are …

Changing security environment in Europe creates considerable challenges for every state
trying to claim its own place in the new system of international relations and to design …

Many studies of diasporas focus on (large) locales where sizable diasporic populations
provide room for group formation based on a single ethnicity. Scholars often treat such …

Abstract Former President Vladimir Putin's national policies have weakened Russia's
democratic institutions while failing to generate stable authoritarian command that could …

Many studies of diasporas focus on (large) locales where sizable diasporic populations
provide room for group formation based on a single ethnicity. Scholars often treat such …

When it existed, the Soviet Union was a closed economic and migration space with tightly-
controlled movement of goods, people, and ideas across its borders. It was also an …

Die Dissertationsarbeit untersucht anhand des Fallbeispiels Estlands, das bis 1991
sowjetische Republik war und seither unabhängig ist, Prozesse ethnischer Mobilität unter …