the emergence and collapse of the U.S.S.R., the end of colonial empires in Asia and Africa, and the escalation of wars and other conflicts in the Third World. In this brilliantly incisive and highly readable survey, T. E. Vadney examines the key events--in Afghanistan, Algeria, China,...
Finally, the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Empire triggered a new mass refugee crisis. This chapter examines the relationship between imperial collapse, the emergence of successor nationalism, and the exclusion of ethnic groups with the wrong credentials.doi:10.1057/...
Finally, the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Empire triggered a new mass refugee crisis. This chapter examines the relationship between imperial collapse, the emergence of successor nationalism, and the exclusion of ethnic groups with the wrong credentials. 展开 ...
(Historical Terms) the westernmost of the two empires created by the division of the later Roman Empire, esp after its final severance from the Eastern Roman Empire (395 ad). Also called: Western Empire Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins...
Using a newly built regional dataset and a dynamic panel model, we find evidence of the dual impact of counterfeiting. The production (and exchange) of fake goods depresses the legal market that relies on intellectual property rights but supports shadow-economic activities for the benefit of ...
What if collapse (of Empires) does not arrive over a number of centuries but comes suddenly, like a thief in the night?”. With this kind of ‘what if’ questioning, Ferguson was challenging political leaders, who usually think of current economic crises facing the US as being the ...
The emergence of this “Eurasian pole” – that is, Greater Eurasia – makes Cold War II a much more complex, multilevel, and fundamental factor in world politics. 2. Conceptualizing the Cold War II Since the advent of the term “new Сold War” in the academic literature, scholars ...
1. Introduction: Empires and Communities in the Post-Roman and Islamic World (Walter Pohl and Rutger Kramer) 2. The Emergence of New Polities in the Break-Up of the Abbasid Caliphate (Hugh Kennedy) 3. The Emergence of New Polities in the Break-Up of the Western Roman Empire (Walter Pohl...