Locust Control in Transition: The Loss and Reinvention of Collective Action in Post-Soviet Kazakhstan by Kazbek Toleubayev, Kees Jansen, Arnold van Huis

“…During the Transition Period after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Plant Protection Service disintegrated. …”
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Special Economic Zones in USSR and Russian Federation (1980-2018) by D. S. Zheriborov, E. G. Knyazeva

“…The difficulties of creating free economic zones after the collapse of the Soviet Union in the conditions of political and economic instability are analyzed. …”
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Majdan Nezalezjnosti: symbolikk og funksjon by Arve Hansen

“…Since the collapse of the Soviet Union Maidan has acquired a special significance for Ukrainians. …”
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Changing Geopolitics of Central Asia and Caucasus: Iran’s Position in the Future of Regional Balance by Seyyed Rouhollah Hadj Zargarbashi, Morteza Shokri

“…New dynamics of power are emerging in the of Central Asia and the Caucasus region after the collapse of the Soviet Union which can be analyzed under the new power game conception. unlike the traditional great game, in this game many global and regional powers are competing. rise of Turkey and shaping smooth regional alliances, increasing economic investments by GCC countries and Israel in the region, as well as uncertainties about the future of the Iran-Russia-China axis, has created a new configuration of power game between regional and trans-regional powers. …”
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Level of Food Consumption by Population of Sverdlovsk Region (Budget Surveys in 1986—1990) by V. N. Mamyachenkov, E. S. Kulikova, M. I. Lvova

“…It is concluded that it is not necessary to overly dramatize the “material” factor in the development of disintegration processes that led to the collapse of the Soviet Union.…”
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Open Budget Effect on Corruption in the EAEU Countries by R. V. Bolgov

“…After the collapse of the Soviet Union and subsequent independence, the countries began to pursue an independent fiscal policy. …”
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Twenty Years After: Armenian Research Libraries Today by D. Aram Donabedian, John Carey, Arshak Balayan

“…This research paper will quantitatively and qualitatively examine the challenges facing Armenian research libraries just over twenty years after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Specifically, the authors analyze their interviews with five library administrators at five major institutions, respectively. …”
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Civic Identity: Diversity of Meanings and Achievement of Solidarity by Maria M. Mchedlova, Hovhannes L. Sargsyan

“…The controversy and ambiguity of the civic identity concept are imposed on the need for interpreting the formation of civic communities in the newly emerged independent countries after the collapse of the Soviet Union (on the example of Russia and Armenia), including the possibilities of protest and project identity. …”
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Contemporary Georgian Literature on the International Law by S. T. Kuchuhidze

“…After the collapse of the Soviet Union all newly formed states faced the challenge of the development of international law. …”
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Automobile Winter Roads in Transport System of Yakutia in Early 1930—1991 by A. A. Suleymanov

“…The chronological framework of the study covers the period from the moment the first of the winter roads appeared in the region in the early 1930s until the collapse of the Soviet Union. The study was carried out within the framework of the anthropology of cold, a direction of scientific research developed by the author and his colleagues, focused on identifying the significance of cryogenic processes and phenomena in the life of the population of the northern territories. …”
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Three Seas Initiative capabilities in terms of diversification of natural gas supply versus Russian Federation foreign policy – a geopolitical approach by Aleksy Borówka

“…The Russian Federation bases its geostrategic approach to foreign policy on controlling geopolitical pivots, and endeavors to regain lost influence spheres due to the collapse of the Soviet Union. As a monopolist in terms of natural gas supply to Central-East European countries, the Russian Federation has strengthened its position by having reach a set of geostrategic goals within the years of 2008-2018. …”
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Historical and contemporary lessons of the transformation of Europe: the special case of DDR by H. Wagner

“…As can be judged from today’s perspective, the self-dissolution of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) constitutes an obvious special case in the history of the transformation of the Central European and Central Asian states after the collapse of the Soviet Union. However GDR transformation is the exception to the rule. …”
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The Evolution of the Conceptual Basis of the Foreign Policy of the PRC (1950-1990) by A V Tsvyk

“…After the collapse of the Soviet Union and the collapse of the bipolar system Beijing had to adjust its foreign policy settings once again, what eventually led to the strengthening of the desire to create a polycentric system of international relations. …”
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Confrontation between Economic and Security Interests in Caspian Sea Current Legal Regime by Djamchid Momtaz, Massoud Alizadeh, Shahram Zarneshan

“…The establishment of the legal regime of the Caspian Sea is basically the result of the will of the new States was created as a result of the collapse of the Soviet Union. This new legal regime, formulated in the form of the "Aktau" treaty, attempts to balance the concerns of these states from the security point of view. …”
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Fornuft og følelser: Norge og Russland etter Krim by Lars Rowe

“…Despite current tensions, the author argues that the Norwegian-Russian bilateral relationship is now closer to a historical norm than at any point since the collapse of the Soviet Union.…”
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Ideas of the United Ukraine in the Creative Heritage of the OUN Ideologist Osyp Boidunyk by Serhii Hubskyi

“…Also, emphasis is laid on the development of national, cultural, and educational life of the Kuban Ukrainians after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the restoration of Ukraine’s independence in 1991, as well as counteraction to these processes by the Russian chauvinist circles.…”
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An expert-based decision making tool for enhancing the consensus on Caspian Sea legal regime by Mohamad Reza Hafeznia, Hasan Pirdashti, Zahra Ahmadipour

“…This paper is focused on finding an optimal strategy for enhancing the consensus on negotiations over the legal status and regime problems of the Caspian Sea, which has caused a lot of abortive strives since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The strategic planning process begins with finding a set of major closed sea that has similar geographical features alike Caspian Sea. …”
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Global Risk of Nuclear Terrorism by Emily Diez, Caroline Zaw-Mon, Terrance Clark

“…Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, sensitive nuclear technologies and materials have become increasingly available. …”
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Russia's return to the superpower status by Mirosław Minkina

“…Objectives The elite of Russian power and Russian society have never come to terms with the collapse of the Soviet Union. They also did not accept the world order with the primary role of the United States. …”
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Les Polonais du Kazakhstan entre l’intégration et la Patrie rêvée by Catherine Poujol

“…Their attempts to preserve their identity, by self organization since the collapse of the Soviet Union for those who prefer to stay in Kazakhstan, or by choosing to come back to their mythical Motherland, are dramatically interesting to point out. …”
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