The Neighborhood Effect: The Imperial Roots of Regional Fracture in Eurasia
Why are certain regions of the world mired in conflict? And how did some regions in Eurasia emerge from the Cold War as peaceful and resilient?
by Anna Ohanyan
published by on August 1, 2022
Stanford University Press
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