region of the country - and East Asia more broadly - have changed since the onset of the Ukraine crisis and Russia … Kremlin has emphasized the eastern vector in its external relations. But to what extent has Russia’s 'pivot to the East …, concerns and ambitions. Helge Blakkisrud is Head of the Research Group on Russia, Eurasia and the Arctic at the Norwegian …

rapidly becoming a world class power in military, economic, and 'soft power' terms. …

Acknowledgements -- The terrible August 2013 -- The start of the Mediterranean crisis -- The world’s economic crisis …This book offers a fascinating overview of the challenges posed by the world’s new geostrategic order and likely future … tight oil in the heart of the North American continent. The rise in the geostrategic importance of Putin’s Russia is …

problems that the world faces at the beginning of the 21st century …

and for a limited federal world government to replace the quasi-anarchic international regime of today …

includes studies on the major Western CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) countries, Belarus, Russia and Ukraine, plus a …

The New Energy Crisis comes from the recent intrusion of climate change issues into energy economics and geopolitics …. Global warming reveals that the current evolution of the world energy consumption is on an unsustainable path. This book …