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Russia's Relations with the Arab World

By: Vitaly Naumkin

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Russia's Relations with the Arab World

By: Vitaly Naumkin

During the 1990s the Russian Federation critically downgraded its relations with Middle Eastern states due to its economic difficulties and also on account of the predominant orientation of its new political class towards the Euro-Atlantic community. However, Russia did inherit from its Soviet days the role of cosponsor of the Arab-Israeli peace process and managed to establish diplomatic relations with new partners in the Arabian Gulf, yet the Asian direction of Russia’s policy was generally put on the back burner. It was only after the post-Soviet transition period – with its associated developmental difficulties and insecurity – that Russia began to assume once again its role in the world and started to rectify the imbalance between its Western and Asian focus on foreign policy (including its special Islamic dimension) and began to make up lost ground. Many Russian experts believe that the current high rates of economic growth enjoyed under the current macroeconomic policies will enable Russia in the coming decade to become the sixth largest economy in the world, and by 2020 to be one of the world’s five largest economies. Worthy of note in this respect are the goals set by President Vladimir Putin in early 2008, which aim to strengthen market and democratic transformations and help move Russia’s economy from the inertia-ridden path based on energy and raw material exports to the path of innovation. In the atmosphere of political self-improvement during Putin’s presidency, Russia developed its relations with the Middle-Eastern states, raised the level of its involvement in the regional and global politics of the region, and demonstrated its determination to follow an independent policy towards sensitive political issues such as Iraq or Iran’s nuclear program. A number of important directions can be singled out from Russia’s Middle-Eastern policy where considerable success has been achieved. Today, a strong, more self-confident Russia is becoming an important force for political change in the world and has emerged once more as an actor in international politics and a state that values its developing relations with the Arab world and the Middle East in general.

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Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research

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9948140850

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9789948140856

Russian Oriental Studies

Current Research on Past & Present Asian and African Societies

By: Vitaly Naumkin

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Russian Oriental Studies

Current Research on Past & Present Asian and African Societies

By: Vitaly Naumkin

This collection of articles by leading Russian Orientalists, from different universities and research institutes of Russia, covers a wide range of research fields: politics and power, history, economics and society, language, philosophy and culture. The Russian authors base their works on rare sources. They examine here ancient and medieval history and culture of Oriental societies including articles on Indian mythology, kalam in Islam, classical Indonesian concepts of monarchy, Caucasus in the Abbasid period etc. There will also be a focus on modern Asian and African societies with articles on agriculture in India, monarchy in Cambodia, kleptocracy in Africa, Chinese migration to Siberia etc.). Furthermore in this volume, cultural vocabularies and sacred texts will be analysed. The volume will be useful for all academics and students interested in Asia and Africa.

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BRILL

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9047402472

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9789047402473

Corpus of Soqotri Oral Literature

Volume 1

By: Vitaly Naumkin,Leonid Kogan,Dmitry Cherkashin,Maria Bulakh,Ekaterina Vizirova

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Corpus of Soqotri Oral Literature

Volume 1

By: Vitaly Naumkin,Leonid Kogan,Dmitry Cherkashin,Maria Bulakh,Ekaterina Vizirova

For the first time after D. H. Müller’s pioneering studies of the 1900s, a large body of folklore texts in Soqotri becomes available to the Semitological scholarship. The language is spoken by ca. 100.000 people inhabiting the island Soqotra (Gulf of Aden, Yemen). Soqotri is among the most archaic Semitic languages spoken today, whereas the oral literature of the islanders is a mine of deeply original motifs and plots. Texts appear in transcription, English and Arabic translations, and an Arabic-based native script. Philological annotations deal with grammatical, lexical and literary features, as well as realia. The Glossary accumulates all words attested in the volume. The Plates provide a glimpse into the fascinating landscapes of the island and the traditional lifestyle of its inhabitants.

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767

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BRILL

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9004278400

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9789004278400

Radical Islam in Central Asia

Between Pen and Rifle

By: Vitaly V. Naumkin

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Radical Islam in Central Asia

Between Pen and Rifle

By: Vitaly V. Naumkin

This original study by distinguished scholar Vitaly V. Naumkin offers an authoritative analysis of the key militant Islamic organizations in Central Asia. Long veiled in secrecy, the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, Hizb at-Tahrir al-Islami, and the Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan are illuminated here for the first time. Drawing on his extensive fieldwork and an unprecedented array of Central Asian primary sources, the author thoroughly compares their doctrines, power bases, and political practices. The book also explores the history of political Islam in Central Asia and explains the concurrent roots of Islamic militancy from the early disputes between Salafis and traditionalists, through the period of Islamic revival in the late 1980s when radical groups first emerged, and up to their growing strength today. Naumkin analyzes the human dimension in Central Asian Islam through the lives of the most significant theologians, mullahs, underground preachers, and teachers in the region, evaluating their role in the spread of Islamic radicalism. Providing fresh insight into the balance between peaceful and militant means of struggle for power used by Islamic movements, the author considers into the possibility of dialogue with the Islamists and the outcome of the 'Tajik experiment' that brought former Islamic radicals into the government. All those interested in the development of political Islam will find this study an invaluable resource.

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303

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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1461641705

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9781461641704

Traveling Wave Solutions of Parabolic Systems

By: A. I. Volpert,Vitaly A. Volpert,Vladimir A. Volpert

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Traveling Wave Solutions of Parabolic Systems

By: A. I. Volpert,Vitaly A. Volpert,Vladimir A. Volpert

The theory of travelling waves described by parabolic equations and systems is a rapidly developing branch of modern mathematics. This book presents a general picture of current results about wave solutions of parabolic systems, their existence, stability, and bifurcations. With introductory material accessible to non-mathematicians and a nearly complete bibliography of about 500 references, this book is an excellent resource on the subject.

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American Mathematical Soc.

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0821897578

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9780821897577

Radical Islam in Central Asia

Between Pen and Rifle

By: Vitaliĭ Vi͡acheslavovich Naumkin

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Radical Islam in Central Asia

Between Pen and Rifle

By: Vitaliĭ Vi͡acheslavovich Naumkin

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308

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0742529304

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9780742529304

Russian Oriental Studies

Current Research on Past & Present Asian and African Societies

By: Vitaly Naumkin

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Current Research on Past & Present Asian and African Societies

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Ethnic Conflict in the Former Soviet Union

By: Vitalii Viacheslavovich Naumkin

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Ethnic Conflict in the Former Soviet Union

By: Vitalii Viacheslavovich Naumkin

This study analyzes the historical background to the ethnic tensions and disputes in the former Soviet Union in order to shed light on the complex nature of the conflicts of the new generation. The author looks closely at Russia's primary role in these conflicts and examines the influence of external peace-keeping bodies such as the UN and the OSCE.

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Ithaca Press

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0863722318

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9780863722318

Peace versus Justice

Negotiating Forward- and Backward-Looking Outcomes

By: William I. Zartman,Victor Kremenyuk

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Peace versus Justice

Negotiating Forward- and Backward-Looking Outcomes

By: William I. Zartman,Victor Kremenyuk

This book examines the costs and benefits of ending the fighting in a range of conflicts, and probes the reasons why negotiators provide, or fail to provide, resolutions that go beyond just 'stopping the shooting.' A wide range of case studies is marshaled to explore relevant peacemaking situations, from the end of the Thirty Years' War and the Napoleonic Wars, to more recent settlements of the late 20th and early 21st centuries—including large scale conflicts like the end of WWII and smaller scale, sometimes internal conflicts like those in Cyprus, Armenia and Azerbaijan, and Mozambique. Cases on Bosnia and the Middle East add extra interest.

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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1461611962

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9781461611967

Book's by Vitaly Naumkin

Russia's Relations with the Arab World

Russia's Relations with the Arab World

Russian Oriental Studies

Russian Oriental Studies

Corpus of Soqotri Oral Literature

Corpus of Soqotri Oral Literature

Radical Islam in Central Asia

Radical Islam in Central Asia

Traveling Wave Solutions of Parabolic Systems

Traveling Wave Solutions of Parabolic Systems

Radical Islam in Central Asia

Radical Islam in Central Asia

Russian Oriental Studies

Russian Oriental Studies

Ethnic Conflict in the Former Soviet Union

Ethnic Conflict in the Former Soviet Union

Peace versus Justice

Peace versus Justice

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