Preface
Introduction
Conflicts in Russia: Historical Background
Russian Conflicts: Nature and Scope
Conflict Management: International and Russian Attitudes
Towards Conflict Resolution
Russia: Soviet Heir or New Nation?
Conflicts in Russian Foreign Relations
Russia in "Inherited" Conflicts: Superpower's Burden
Conflicts Come Closer to Russia
Conclusions: A Test for Russian Will and Wisdom
Appendix I: Chronology of Major Conflicts in USSR (1988-1991)
Appendix II: Chronology of Major Conflicts in CIS (1992)
Selected Bibliography
Index

In this important work, Russian scholar Kremenyuk examines the state of political affairs in the former Soviet Union. As Russia moves fitfully toward democracy and away from its totalitarian past, sharp divisions--contemporary and historical--have appeared, within and around the new nation-state. These conflicts have already blocked some of the movement toward democracy. And as the contending parties, the president, and the parliament in the present Russian government struggle for power, that political struggle increases the likelihood of authoritarian solutions.

VICTOR A. KREMENYUK is Deputy Director of the Institute of the USA and Canada at the Russian Academy of Sciences. He is the author of eight books in Russian and editor of one in English, International Negotiation (1991).