Two Decades of Re-Emerging Russia: Challenges and Prospects

Contents: 1. Role of Science and Technology in Russia's "Rise"/Ajey Lele. 2. The Eurasian Union (EAU) as a Strategic Prospect/Alikber Alikberov.  3. Analysing Post-Societ Politics: Issues and Challenges/Archana Upadhyay. 4. BRICS: Reshaping the World Order?/Vinayak S. Deshpande. 5. Redefining Indo-Russian Ties in the Era of POst-Cold War/Deepak Makhija. 6. Democracy in Russia Under Putin/Sanjay Deshpande. 7. Post-Soviet Russia: Some Reflections and Reminiscences/Devendra Kaushik. 8. Two Decades of Russia's Economy: Growth and Challenges/R.G. Gidadhubi. 9. "Power Being" and "Power Projection" of Russia in Central Asia/Farkhod Tolipov. 10. Factors Hindering the Re-emergence of Russia Even After Twenty Post-Soviet Years/Mohd. Moazzam Ali Muztarib. 11. Emerging Trends in Russian Foreign Policy : An Overview/Raj Kumar Kothari. 12. Indo-Russian Relations in the 21st Century/Chandrakant Yatanoor. 13. The two Decades of Recovering and Re-Emerging Russia in the Post-Soviet Era/N.K. Buwa. 14. Russian University of Peoples' Friendship (Moscow) The "Arab Spring" and Russia/Elena Savicheva. 15. Putin and the Problem of Succession in Russia/Jeremy Smith. 16. Silent Treatment/Kaustubh Kulkarni. 17. The Political Processes in Contemporary Russia/Konstantin Kyryljov. 18. Military Industry Complexes (MIC)/Liyaqath Khan. 19. Indo-Russian Trade in the Post-Soviet Era: Its Potential, Problems and Prospects for the Future/Lalit Kumar. 20. Russian Energy Sector/Mahendra Sahu. 21. Central Asian States and the Russian Federation/Mirzokhid Rakhimov. 22. Russian Agriculture Sector in Post-Soviet Era: Changes and Challenges/Neelu Khosla. 23. Ethnicity and Culture in Post-Soviet Russia/Preeti D. Das. 24. Russia in the Post-Soviet Space/Ajay Patnaik. 25. Russia and the World Trade Organisation/Rama Sampath Kumar. 26. Indo-Russia Buttress Military Relationship in the Twenty-first Century/Ranjana Mishra. 27. A Shift in Russia's Far Eastern Strategy in the Post-Cold War Era/Shoaib Khan. 28. From the Russian Far East to the Russian Far North: Ambitions and Constraints/Suchandana Chatterjee. 29. Russian Pharma Industry and Indo-Russian Economic Relations (Pharma)/Surjeet Singh Patyal. 30. Theoretical Inconsistency of western Economic Reforms Conceptions in Post Space/Kh. Umarov. 31. Republic of Belarus and Post-Soviet economic Cooperation/Viachaslau Menkouski. 32.  Asiatic Russia-Outer Asia: Interregional Cooperation in 1990s-2000s (Greater Altai Case)/Vladimir Boyko.

Russia has been re-emerging as a major political and economic power during the last decade. The leadership of Russia claims that the objectives of transition from the former one-party socialist system to a plural multiparty democratic system and centralised planning to market economy are largely achieved. Russia is politically stable and has demonstrated how new political institutions, multiparty system are functioning under three presidents. In the initial years after the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the Russian economy passed through different phases such as crisis, boom and recovery. Russia has largely succeeded in managing its political and economic relations with “Near Abroad” which have witnessed considerable complexities over the last two decades. Russia has demonstrated that its bilateral ties with India in the political and defence sectors have been consistently cordial and close. However, trade and economic relations need to be strengthened. There is a need for an objective and critical evaluation of how Russia has managed its domestic and foreign affairs after the collapse of the Soviet Union. What were the successes and failures of Russia in its policies and performance with regard to the social, political and economic developments in the country?