New book: RUSSIA'S FAR EAST: A REGION AT RISK (ed. by J. Tho rnton and C. E. Ziegler)
"Serguei Alex. Oushakine" <[email protected]>
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The National Bureau of Asian Research and University of Washington Press are pleased to announce the publication of RUSSIA'S FAR EAST: A REGION AT RISK (May 2002, ISBN 0-295-98210-1), edited by Judith Thornton, professor of economics at the University of Washington, and Charles E. Ziegler, professor and chair of political science at the University of Louisville. RUSSIA'S FAR EAST examines the implications of the economic and political transition in the Russian Far East on domestic stability in Russia and the complex security environment in Northeast Asia. The volume comprehensively assesses the relationships among: (1) the economic collapse of the region; (2) the post-Cold War role of Asia in Russia's security policy; (3) trends in Russia's center-regional relations that impact tax collection, resource extraction, and the military; (4) Russia's ability to manage potential areas of conflict like the maintenance of the nuclear fleet, nuclear dumping in the Sea of Japan, and migration from China; and (5) the shifting balance of power in Asia. An interdisciplinary team of specialists from the United States, Russia, China, Japan, and Korea discuss the historical, political, and economic contexts, as well as the strategic implications, of these developments. The contributors address the vital questions of how to achieve a stable political order in the Russian Far East, how to develop economic growth in the region, and how to promote efforts to link Russia and the Asia-Pacific powers into a cooperative framework of diplomatic relations. To order the volume, please contact the University of Washington Press at http://www.washington.edu/uwpress/ordering.info.html or by phone at 1-800-441-4115. The book is only available in paperback and sells for $30. Contributors: Judith Thornton, University of Washington Charles Ziegler, University of Louisville Mikhail Alexseev, San Diego State University Tony Allison, Marine Resources Company International Katherine Burns, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sergei Chugrov, Institute of World Economy and International Relations Jennifer Duncan and Michelle Reutchle, Rural Development Institute Ha Yong-Chool, Seoul National University Seung-Ho Joo, University of Minnesota-Morris Rajan Menon, Lehigh University Nadezhda Mikheeva, Economic Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences Pavel Minakir, Economic Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences James Clay Moltz, Monterey Institute of International Studies Ni Xiaoquan, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Kunio Okada, Japan Association for Trade with Russia and Central-European Russia (ROTOBO) Sergey Sevastyanov, Vladivostok State University of Economics Alexander S. Sheingauz, Victor D. Kalashnikov, Natalia V. Lomakina, and Grigoriy I. Suknomirov, Economic Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences Elizabeth Wishnick, Independent Scholar Eurasia Policy Studies The National Bureau of Asian Research 4518 University Way NE, Suite 300 Seattle, WA 98105 Phone: (206) 632-7370 Fax: (206) 632-7487 [email protected] http://www.nbr.org [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]