Over the past two decades, the Black Sea region has exhibited significantly growing wheat production and exports. In 2017/18, Russia ultimately became the world’s largest wheat exporter, a position that was held by the USA for decades. Mostly serving destination markets in the Middle East and...

Unter Bedingungen einer globalen Konkurrenz zwischen China und den USA werden Asymmetrien in Lieferketten oder ganzen Branchen sowie bei der allgemeinen wirtschaftlichen Machtposition zunehmend genutzt, um strategisch relevanten Einfluss zu nehmen. Während die USA hauptsächlich Sanktionen zur...

Bereits in der späten Zarenzeit entwickelte sich Russland durch den Aufbau einer modernen Erdölindustrie im Kaukasus zu einem der weltweit führenden Erdölproduzenten und baute diese Position in der Sowjetzeit weiter aus. Die Industrialisierung und der Aufstieg zur Weltmacht waren eng mit der...

"The epic story of how America turned the world economy into a weapon, upending decades of globalization to take on a new authoritarian axis-Russia, China, and Iran. It used to be that ravaging another country's economy required blockading its ports and laying siege to its cities. Now all it...

"A unique study of 21st century migration politics across West and East Europe and Russia. Linda Cook compares contemporary refugee and labor migrations to Europe and Russia, including MENA and Ukrainian refugee migrations to Europe, and shows that there are exclusionary and inclusionary...

"This book is a uniquely accessible discussion of the sanctions and international trade measures deployed against Russia following its 2022 invasion of Ukraine. The book situates the sanctions response within its historical and economic backgrounds."