Overview

The World Today Series: Russia and Eurasia 2025–2026 provides historical background on East & Southeast Asia to help readers gain a thorough understanding of contemporary developments in this region. Broad introductory chapters are followed by sections on each country in the region. The combination of factual accuracy and up-to-date detail make this an outstanding resource for researchers, practitioners in international development, media professionals, government officials, potential investors, and students to understand the immediate background of contemporary developments.

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Author:   Navruz Nekbakhtshoev (University of Nebraska)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Edition:   55th edition
ISBN:  

9798881802530

Pages:   368
Publication Date:   19 February 2026
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Availability:   To order  

Table of Contents

Introduction The Russian Federation The Land and the People History The Communist Era Stalin’s Revolution of the 1930s The Post-Stalin Era The Brezhnev Era Government Transition The Gorbachev Era An Independent Russia is Reborn The Putin Presidency Russian Foreign Policy since Independence Government of the Russian Federation Constitution of the Russian Federation Culture The Changing Economy The Commonwealth of Independent States Collapse of the Soviet Union Commonwealth of Independent States Economy under the CIS Some Regional Problems of the CIS Western Republics Belarus Ukraine Moldova Transcaucasian Republics Armenia Azerbaijan Georgia Central Asian Republics Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Web Sites and Bibliography

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Author Information

Navruz Nekbakhtshoev has taught political science courses at St. Olaf College, and University of Nebraska Omaha. He earned his PhD in political science with a minor in Central Eurasian studies at Indiana University. His fieldwork for his dissertation was conducted in Tajikistan. He has published some of his research on Eurasian politics in journals such as Central Asian Affairs, Nationalities Papers, Central Asian Survey, Development, and Journal of Peasant Studies. The courses that he regularly teaches at University of Nebraska Omaha include Comparative Democratization, and Politics in Authoritarian Regimes.

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