ABSTRACT

This book is a comprehensive introduction to the contemporary Russian Far East (RFE) and offers an argument about federal relations and power in the state. It is the only easily available, single volume book to examine the RFE in such depth.

chapter 1|6 pages

INTRODUCTION

chapter 3|31 pages

OF GOVERNORS, OLIGARCHS, AND PRESIDENTIAL ENVOYS

Politics and society in the Russian Far East

chapter 4|27 pages

KATASTROIKA AND COLLAPSE OR BARTER, TRADE, AND POTENTIAL WEALTH?

The economies of the Russian Far East

chapter 5|18 pages

REGIONAL AND FOREIGN POLICIES

China, Japan, the Koreas, and the United States

chapter 7|6 pages

CONCLUSION