Werner Maihofer wird bis heute als herausragender Intellektueller in der Geschichte des deutschen Liberalismus gewürdigt. Der Strafrechtsprofessor steht für eine Garde politischer Seiteneinsteiger,...
This book investigates state-building, distorted identities, and separatism in the Republic of Moldova. It presents research on the historical preconditions and spread of the secessionist movement ...
Das politische Geschehen im postsowjetischen Raum ist immer wieder von Protestwellen geprägt. Ob nun die Massenkundgebungen auf dem Bolotnaja-Platz in Moskau sowie in anderen russischen Städten 201...
On 8 December 2013, Ukraine's central Lenin monument in Kyiv was pulled down. In the following months, in what became known as the "Leninfall," Ukraine swept away hundreds of communist monuments, e...
Since 1991, post-Soviet political elites in Ukraine, Russia and Belarus have been engaged in nation- as well as state-building. They have tried to strengthen territorial sovereignty and national se...
Das Jahr 2018 markiert den 40. Jahrestag der Reform und Öffnung Chinas, daher lautet das Thema dieses Bandes ,,China und die ganze Welt". Chinas Reform und Öffnung entsprechen einer Reihe interner ...
The post-2014 decentralization policy is consolidating the center-periphery relations in Ukraine. Already before 2014, domestic policymakers had been drafting proposals for local amalgamation and a...
Ukraine 2013: Ein verheimlichter, drohender Staatsbankrott zwingt die ukrainische Führung, einen Kredit vom russischen Staat aufzunehmen und die Unterzeichnung des Assoziierungsabkommens zu vertage...
Peacebuilding aims to resolve conflicts by addressing the root causes. The mainstream theory of peacebuilding is the liberal approach, which has been successful in some regions but has also faced c...
Twenty years on from the end of war, the status of the north of Kosovo remains disputed. Ten years on from Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia, the north's predominantly Serb populatio...
This book views the Ukrainian Revolution of Dignity, from a broad systemic perspective, as an ongoing process in which societal, economic, political, and institutional developments are intertwined....
Themen der Ausgabe sind: -Ideokratie oder Demokratie? Gesellschaftspolitische Diskurse im russischen Exil am Beispiel der Eurasierbewegung und der ,,Novyj Grad"-Gruppe -Zwischen Untergang und Neuor...
Den radikalen Bruch Peters des Großen mit den russischen Traditionen ,,empfanden die Zeitgenossen (...) geradezu (als) revolutionär" und ,,der Eindruck der Reform im Abendland (...) war ein ungeheu...
This timely book analyses 'soft power' in the light of neoclassical realist premises as part of the foreign policy toolkit of great powers to expand their sphere of influence. Vasif Huseynov argues...
So phänomenal und unerwartet Heide Simonis zur ersten Ministerpräsidentin gekürt wurde, so grotesk war das Ende ihrer politischen Karriere, als ein unbekannter Abweichler aus den eigenen Reihen ihr...
How could an undemocratic regime manage to stabilise Russia? What is Putin's success formula? What are the symbolic and discursive underpinnings of Russia's new stability? Many outside observers of...
Hamburg, 2017: Brennende Barrikaden, Plünderungen von Geschäften und auch polizeilich ausgeübte Gewalt anlässlich des hier stattfindenden G20-Gipfels haben sich in das öffentliche Gedächtnis eingeb...
In Statu Nascendi is a peer-reviewed journal that aspires to be a world-class scholarly platform encompassing original academic research dedicated to the circle of Political Philosophy, Cultural St...
In Statu Nascendi is a peer-reviewed journal that investigates specific issues through a sociocultural, philosophical, and anthropological approach to understand the complexity of contemporary cris...
The biannual, peer-reviewed Journal of Romanian Studies, jointly developed by The Society for Romanian Studies and ibidem Press, examines critical issues in Romanian studies, linking work in that f...
Western academics, experts, and journalists specializing in Eastern Europe and Eurasia have grappled with two fundamental analytical crises in connection with the 1991 disintegration of the USSR an...
Contents Special Section: Issues in the History and Memory of the OUN VI Yuliya Yurchuk and Andreas Umland: Introduction. Reassessing Ukrainian Nationalism in the Light of Russia's Full-Scale Invas...
Reformers had high hopes that the end of communism in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union would lead to significant improvements in legal institutions and the role of law in public administr...
2019 was a defining year for the radical right globally. From national and supranational elections that witnessed a surge in support for radical right parties to transnationally-inspired terrorist ...
In the US as well as in Europe, migration and migration policy is one of the top issues. This timely volume gathers distinguished authors from academic institutions throughout Europe addressing the...
Investments in microfinance by institutional investors are growing. The investors benefit from a dual return investment opportunity by balancing financial and social returns. Yet, commercial microf...
Der Deutsche Bundestag ist das Parlament der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Hier arbeiten mehr als 600 Bundestagsabgeordnete als Vertreter des Volkes, um ihre Vorstellungen von Politik in gesetzliche ...
Collective action problems are ubiquitous in situations involving human interactions and therefore lie at the heart of economy and political science. In one of the most salient statements on this t...
This study provides an overview of current nation building processes in contested states. With a specific focus on the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, and Ko...
David Satter arrived in the Soviet Union in June, 1976 as the correspondent of the Financial Times of London and entered a country that was a giant theater of the absurd. After 1982, he was banned ...
David Satter is one of the world's leading commentators on Russia. The two-volume book series Never Speak to Strangers is a collection of his articles and essays. Volume two includes articles about...
David Satter is one of the world's leading commentators on Russia. The two-volume book series Never Speak to Strangers is a collection of his articles and essays. Volume two includes articles about...
David Satter arrived in the Soviet Union in June, 1976 as the correspondent of the Financial Times of London and entered a country that was a giant theater of the absurd. After 1982, he was banned ...
This study launches a systematic inquiry into the nature of the concept of humanitarian intervention, focusing on its primary function of the protection of the endangered civilian populations who f...
What is political correctness? What is conformism? And could one say that pre-emptive obedience is a part of the increasingly prevalent climate of political correctness encountered today? The autho...
In Entwicklungsprojekten begegnen sich Menschen unterschiedlicher Herkunft und Sozialisierung. Die diversen Perspektiven, die dabei aufeinandertreffen, entwickeln ihre eigene Dynamik, verändern sic...
Saw Myat Sandy's study deals with theoretical and empirical analysis of the political transitions in former Yugoslavia and Burma, the present day Myanmar. It covers the transition period of both st...
On 24 February 2022, Vladimir Putin ordered a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. He declared a 'special military operation', expecting a quick victory. The Ukrainian army countered with a spirited def...
Als Hannelore Kraft im Juli 2010 zur ersten Ministerpräsidentin in der Geschichte Nordrhein-Westfalens gewählt wurde, war sie zugleich die erste Regierungschefin des Landes, die ihre Amtszeit mit e...
The 2010s saw an introduction of legislative acts about religion, sexuality, and culture in Russia, which caused an uproar of protests. They politicized areas of life commonly perceived as private ...
Michael Thumann has been reporting from Eastern Europe for the leading German intellectual weekly Die Zeit for more than 30 years. His book chronicles Russia's descent into an increasingly totalita...
This collected volume presents research focusing on the interaction of domestic, foreign, and transnational actors in the process of the construction of national interests. The contributors concent...
In Eastern Ukraine, unfathomable human dramas have unfolded since 2014. Thousands died in the fighting. The homes of tens of thousands were destroyed. Many were captured and tortured, millions oust...
This volume contains by far the most complete reports available in English concerning two major terrorist incidents in Russia: the October 2002 seizure of a Moscow theater at Dubrovka and the Septe...
This book delves into the complex and often contradictory relations between the South Caucasus and European Union (EU). It covers the three periods of this relationship: the early contacts in the 1...
What kind of a power is the EU? What are the main factors that have provided the EU with the opportunities to construct its role in international politics? Which theoretical approaches are appropri...
The so-called Democratic Antifascist Youth Movement "Nashi" represents a crucial case of a post-Orange government-organized formation whose values have broad support in Russian society. Yet, at the...
Volume One of Three Revolutions presents the overall research and discussions on topics related to the revolutionary events that have unfolded in Ukraine since 1990. The three revolutions referred ...
The second part of this multi-volume project assembles a series of recollections and debates on the Ukrainian revolutions of 1990, 2004, and 2013-2014. After an introduction to the methodology of o...
Les marxistes ukrainiens ont joué un rôle de premier plan dans la révolution ukrainien. Organisés au sein du Parti ouvrier social-démocrate ukrainien, ils ont construit un Parti communiste ukrainie...