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Dmitry Shlapentokh
Dmitry Shlapentokh is Associate Professor of History at Indiana University, South Bend.
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Russia’s Renegade Puppet
Dmitry Shlapentokh Series: A Window on Russia 2009-11-30When the Kremlin installed Ramzan Kadyrov as president of Chechnya, he seemed an effective antidote to the jihadist threat. But the logical conclusion of the Kremlin’s policy appears to be precisely what it sought to prevent – Chechen independence – when it engaged in the first Chechen war almost a generation ago.... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 11525
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The Dragon and the Bear
Dmitry Shlapentokh Series: A Window on Russia 2008-09-26Ever since the Soviet Union's collapse in 1991, Russia and China have sought to rekindle the close relations that once supposedly existed between the USSR and Mao's China before Khrushchev’s denunciation of Stalin in 1956. But 17 years of high-level bilateral cooperation have produced little of substance, and Russia's renewed geopolitical assertiveness has alienated China profoundly. ... read Comments: 2 Recommended: 0 Read: 19125
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The Death of Russian Womanhood
Dmitry Shlapentokh Series: A Window on Russia 2007-03-30The post-Soviet era has marginalized a generation of Russian women who defined themselves by sacrifice in the name of a greater cause. Dmitry Shlapentokh examines their predicament, and suggests that Russia has suffered by losing the spirit that underpinned their achievements.... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 18856
