Neglected Questions on the “Forgotten War”: South Korea and the United States on the Eve of the Korean War by Mark Caprio

“…The breakup of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s prodded open the archival doors of once closed regimes releasing interesting information on Soviet-North Korean-Chinese relations during the Cold War. …”
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Soviet Politics and Diplomacy in the Far East: Strategies and Alliances on the Eve of and During World War II by Yu. A. Dubinin

“…At the same time, these segments are united by the overarching goal of consolidating the Soviet Union's position in the Far Eastern region and the broader Pacific theater. …”
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The USSR Victory in World War II and the Emergence of the Independent Republic of Indonesia by L. M. Efimova

“…Fulfilling its allied duty the Soviet Union entered the war in the Far East on 9 August, 1945 and defeated the Japanese army in Manchuria. …”
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The post-Soviet break in economic ties between Russia and Africa: causes and consequences by M. M. Mahamat

“…After the collapse of the Soviet Union at the initiative of Mikhail Gorbachev, Africa really became a “non-subject” for diplomats and military personnel stationed in the region, and some economic actors witnessed Moscow’s first initiatives. …”
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Assessing the Role of Soft Power in India-Russia Relations by Rashmi Doraiswamy

“…Culture has played an important role in the multi-layered bilateral relations between India and the Soviet Union. However, with the fall of the Soviet Union and geopolitical reorientations, Russia had to focus on rebuilding its economy before engaging with soft power. …”
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Exploring Lessons from Soviet Diplomacy and Western Allied Cooperation in World War II by V. O. Pechatnov

“…This quest for parity was often impeded by the Western powers' reluctance to accept the Soviet Union as an enduring, equal partner and legitimate member of the great powers' club, both during and after the war. …”
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Search for the turning points in the Soviet Lithuanian historiography: 1956 (?) by Aurimas Švedas

“… The XX Congress of the Soviet Union Communist Party which took place in February 1956 became a symbol of radical reforms in the Soviet Union. …”
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THE PRESENT STAGE OF POSITIONING OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN IN ENERGY ARCHITECTURE OF THE CASPIAN REGION by S. Smagulova

“…At the present stage participation of Kazakhstan in system of an energy cooperation in the Caspian region is very contradictory, connected as with internal economic problems, and development of economic integration in the former Soviet Union. In the article vectors of creation of the energy strategy of Kazakhstan in the Caspian region in difficult geoeconomic conditions are analyzed and generalized.…”
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Československo-polská (kon)federace by Jan Němeček

“…Project of confederation was not realized because of the Soviet Union´s resistance. Czechoslovak government was subordinated by Soviet standpoint. …”
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The question of Baltic states in the policy of the Great Western powers in 1943 by Ramojus Kraujelis

“…On the eve of Soviet military victories in the East, the Soviet Union shifted the focus of foreign policy to postwar domination in Europe. …”
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Soviet Diplomacy and Intelligence Efforts to Facilitate Finland’s Withdrawal from the 1941– 1944 War: Insights from Russian Archive by V. S. Khristoforov

“…Despite initially maintaining neutrality after Germany's invasion of the USSR, Finland declared war on the Soviet Union on June 26, 1941. The initial phase of the Soviet-Finnish front from July to December 1941 saw military successes favoring Finland. …”
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AMERICA IN THE WORLD AFTER HEGEMONY by A. Y. Borisov

“…America shortsightedly opened the gates of modernisation before China in the vain hope to make it an ally against the Soviet Union only to be disappointed later. And it underestimated the significance of rapid Russian assertion after the break up of the Soviet Union only to have a unique situation of “two fronts” in American history. …”
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Legal Status of Diplomats: Duties, Restrictions, Prohibitions by T. A. Zanko

“…Elements of the legal status are evaluated through the lens of comparative research and include the experience of diplomatic service legal regulation in the former Soviet Union countries as well as in other foreign countries.…”
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« Хорошо где нас нет »L’émigration des « Russophones » d’Asie centrale by Julien Thorez

“…The present article deals with the emigration of Russian speaking population from Central Asia after the collapse of the Soviet Union. It aims to analyze the determining factors of the post-soviet mobility (economic crisis, civil war, interethnic relations) and to put this process into the recent history of migrations. …”
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Tendencies in the Historiography of Latvian Philosophy by Andris Hiršs

“…After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the term “history of ideas” gained popularity in the Latvian cultural discourse. …”
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‘You Choose No Time to Live and Die’: Dinmukhamed A. Kunayev and His Time by Ziyabek Y. Kabuldinov, Konstantin V. Cherepanov, Didar B. Kassymova

“…Such methods of sociological research as discourse analysis of texts and speech patterns of Soviet Union and Kazakhstan’s executives have proven as instrumental. …”
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The Soviet Policy in the October 1973 War: Unknown Pages and Historiographic Interpretations by T. V. Nosenko

“…The author concludes that in reality the Soviet influence on the Arab countries was very limited and, for instance, the Egyptian government gravitated more towards the United States than towards the Soviet Union. This reorientation of the Egypt’s foreign policy towards the US deprived the USSR of an important ally in the region. …”
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Legal status of diplomatic workers: rights, state guarantees, encouragement by T. A. Zanko

“…These elements are presented through the prism of comparative research of more than a dozen countries and consider the experience of diplomatic service legal regulation in the former Soviet Union countries as well as in other foreign countries.…”
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The automatization of press statistics as one of the ways to improve the service of information users by Angelė Šarlauskienė

“… The Department of Press Statistics at the Book Palace of Lithuania is the first in the Soviet Union to apply computers for preparing quick accounts of gathered information. …”
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Twenty Years of Building International Relations on the Territory of the CIS: the Polish Perspective by A. Kovalchuk

“…The article presents the main issues of international relations in the post-soviet area since the collapse of the Soviet Union, perceived by Polish political scientists as critical to the modern structure of relations in the region. …”
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