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Title: issues are still being played out
Review: In the euphoria of the end of the Cold War in the 90s, this book raised a discordant tone. Its authors offered evidence that Russia and its ethnic Russian majority still yearned for the imperialism that was the Soviet Union.This neo-imperialism was investigated in several of the book's papers. Where the targets were considered to be the 'nearest abroad' [Ukraine, Belarus and Baltic], the 'near abroad' [Caucasus, central Asia and Moldova] and the 'far abroad'.The book gives interesting views into the struggle within Russia, as it tried and tries to come to accept a diminished status. In the time since the book came out, the borders have remained stable. But the issues are still being played out.
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