An empire's fraying edge? The North Caucasus instability in contemporary Russian geopolitical culture

Eurasian Geography and Economics

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 202-225

  Kolossov, Vladimir ^a   Toal, Gerard ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chechnya; Corruption; Criminality; Critical geopolitics; Economic growth; Geopolitical culture; Geopolitical storylines; International terrorism; Modernization; North Caucasus; Public opinion; Putin; Russia; Separatism

Indexed keywords

CORRUPTION; ECONOMIC GROWTH; GEOPOLITICS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INSTABILITY; MODERNIZATION; NATIONAL SECURITY; TERRORISM;

CAUCASUS; EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 34247369782     PISSN: 15387216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1538-7216.48.2.202     Document Type: Article

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