Alexander Morrison (Nazarbayev): Russian Settler Colonialism. Alexander Morrison on Russia’s colonial allergy: “The inequalities and hierarchies of power that we associate with ‘colonialism’ existed and continue to exist in Russia’s relations with the non-Russian peoples of its former empire, but they are consistently denied”. Amanda Erickson on how the USSR’s effort to destroy Islam created a generation of radicals. John Heathershaw and David W. Montgomery (Exeter): Islam, Secularism, and Danger: A Reconsideration of the Link between Religiosity, Radicalism, and Rebellion in Central Asia. The death of the post-Soviet dream: Independence 25 years ago promised to bring freedom and prosperity to Central Asia, but kleptocratic regimes have left many yearning for the past.
You can download The Colour Revolutions in the Former Soviet Republics: Successes and Failures, ed. Donnacha O Beachain and Abel Polese (2010), and download Nation Building in Post-Soviet Spaces: New Tools and Approaches, ed. Abel Polese and Rico Isaacs (2016).
