Rural areas are home to about 50 million Americans and are an essential part of the overall economy. This book surveys the current state of rural A...

Our rural communities are home to some of the most hard working and fiercely self-reliant Americans in the United States. Strong and secure rural c...

Rural China in Focus: Political, Environmental and Social Issues first examines the factors that affect the decision of whether migrant parents sho...

This book provides a wide range of research on the country of Russia, which has established world-wide power and influence from the times of the Ru...

This book examines the current political, economic, security, and U.S. interest issues facing Russia today. Although Russia may not be as central t...

In 1993, Russia formally applied for accession to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade(GATT). In 1995, its application was taken up by the Wo...

This book is a compilation of CRS reports on Russia today. The first chapter examines Russia’s 2018 presidential election, in which Russian Preside...

In the context of growing human rights abuses, religious freedom conditions in Russia suffered serious setbacks. The Russian government's applicati...

In the early 1990s, Georgia and its breakaway South Ossetia region had agreed to a Russian-mediated ceasefire that provided for Russian "peacekeepe...

The United States has had a bitter set of experiences with insurgencies and counterinsurgency operations, but it is by no means alone in having to ...

This book provides an overview of general legal and technical requirements for food and agricultural imports and exports imposed by the Russian Fed...

This volume explores the key issues facing Russia as she lurches from one major crisis to another.

Russia Changes The Events Of August 1991 & The Russian Constitution

Russia continues to maintain a low profile in Northeast Asia (NEA), despite new efforts made by the Russian government to move the centre of gravit...

Times occur in the history of any country at which life itself forces it to make the decision to undertake a thorough review of its strategy. The m...

Russia's expanded engagement in Latin America has been seen as a response to escalating tension over its involvement in the Ukraine. Russia's activ...

Russia In Transition Left, Right Or Center?

Russia in Transition, Volume 1

Historically, the United States and Russia have had an enigmatic relationship, and the decade since the end of the Cold War has not completely clea...

Transition from one millennium to another is not just a calendar date, but rather a complex historical process of qualitative changes in the develo...

Russia on the Threshold of an Uncertain Future

Russia has undertaken several largely piecemeal and halting efforts to revamp the armed forces it inherited from the Soviet Union. In 2007, near th...