This paper examines of a number of documents recently uncovered from the Northern Ireland Public Records Office which show that the security forces played a key role in shaping the redevelopment of the city of Belfast in the 1970s and 1980s. The documents considered here provide conclusive...

In the beginning of the XIX century, the Russian Empire started a long and complex process of integrating the already conquered Caucasian territories, with the ultimate goal to turn the region into a stable and secure border with the Ottoman Empire and Persia. The key location of this region,...