Power and Conflict in Russia s Borderlands

As Cold War battle lines are seemingly re-drawn, Russia''s various ''frozen'' war zones (ongoing separatist conflicts) are often cited as particularly volatile and assumed by some Western commentators and policymakers to be ''next'' on Putin''s ''wish list''.

But, as Helena Ryt vuori-Apunen demonstrates here, this is a gross (and dangerous) oversimplification that will only serve to fuel the vicio...