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More than fifty years on from the end of World War II, relations between Japan and Russia have yet to be normalized. The so-called 'Northern Territories' problem has been the major stumbling block in preventing the two countries from signing a peace treaty and improving their relations. In this new volume, Hara scrutinises the crucial features of post-war bilateral relations, focusing on the problems of the territorial dispute and political rapprochement. She approaches these issues from the foreign policy decision-making perspective and examines four bilateral summits to explore patterns, changes and tendencies in the decision-making process. Moreover, her remarkable discovery of controversial archival documents introduces new aspects into the origin and nature of the territorial dispute. This is a comprehensive and well-documented study of the relations between the two countries. It is a balanced and sober account of one of the most controversial disputes in the Asia-Pacific.
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The substantial political changes in Eastern Europe and Russia since 1989 have been accompanied by the attempted transfer, imposition, and imitation of labour relations practices and mechanisms from other market economies, primarily of Western Europe. This book addresses the extent to which these transferred labour-relations institutions are likely to take root. The authors offer a comparative analysis of changing labour relations at national level in a range of countries, and the role of governments, international institutions, trade unions, and other agencies. This is supported by in-depth c.

Collection includes Dallin's research materials, lecture and presentation materials, computer media, and audiovisual materials.

A biography of Vladimir V. Putin, a former KGB agent who rapidly rose from a minor political figure in St. Petersburg to become president of the Russian Federation in the late 1990s. Argues that his ascendancy was "the result of a power struggle between factions of the country's ruling oligarchs and a behind-the-scenes political deal" brokered by Boris Yeltsin.