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Offers a unique overview of this giant's weaknesses. The overlapping of responsibilities, and the tendency to mix institutions from different eras of development and institutional cultures, show how problematic incomplete reform is combined with the huge impact that civil emergencies and man-made crisis can have for an enormous centralized but anarchic bureaucracy.'Iulian Chifu, Conflict Prevention and Early Warning Center, Romania'In the increasingly interdependent world under circumstances of globalization, crises management in Russia is a significant issue, not only for countries like Latvia which are situated in the neighbourhood of this regional power, but for the whole of Europe. This study, involving both Russian and Western scholars, makes a great contribution to the field.'Ainars Dimants, Turiba University, Latvia

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Boris Porfiriev is Head of the Risk and Crisis Research Center and Head of the Laboratory for Analysis and Forecasting of Natural and Technological Risks for Economic Development at the Institute of Economic Forecasting, Russian Academy of Sciences, and Director of the Center for Environmental and Technological Research at the International Research Institute for Advanced Systems, Russia. Greg Simons, Crisis Management Europe Programme at Crismart (Centre for Crisis Management Research and Training) at the Swedish National Defence College, Sweden. Boris Porfiriev, Greg Simons, Dmitry Strovsky, Valery Akimov, Alla Mozgovaya, Elena Shlykova, Alla Yazkova, Alexander Libman.

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