Imperial nostalgia or prudent geopolitics? Russia's efforts to reintegrate the post-Soviet space in geopolitical perspective

Post-Soviet Affairs

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 503-528

  Krickovic, Andrej ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY HIGHER SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Brazil; China; Eurasian Union; geopolitics; regional integration; Russia

Indexed keywords

GEOPOLITICS; IMPERIALISM; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLITICAL HISTORY; POLITICAL INTEGRATION; POST-COMMUNISM; POWER RELATIONS; REGIONAL POLITICS;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 84907708297     PISSN: 1060586X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1060586X.2014.900975     Document Type: Article

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