Among the many significant geopolitical consequences of Russia’s war against Ukraine has been the reinvigoration of the … increasingly attrac­tive alternative route between Europe and China. Russia’s war has disrupted overland connectivity via the New … Trans-Caspian International Transport Route is likely to increase its potential at the expense of Russia in the long …

Central Asia : the end of the transition / Boris Rumer -- Russia and Central Asia : problems of security / Irina … -- Economic ties between Russia and Kazakhstan : dynamics, tendencies, and prospects / Stanislav Zhukov and Oksana Reznikova …

The state -- Chapter 7 State capacity and the rule of law -- Chapter 8 State consolidation: Russia in a comparative …