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Director of the Institute for the Study of Conflict, Ideology, and Policy (www.bu.edu/iscip); Professor of International Relations; University Professor. (MA, MLitt Oxford University) Specialization: Russian and Post-Soviet Politics, Diplomatic History. Professor Ra'anan taught at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University for more than two decades, where he was Professor of International Politics and Director or the International Security Studies Program. He has also taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Columbia University, and the City University of New York. He is the director of the Institute for the Study of Conflict, Ideology and Policy at Boston University and an associate of the Davis Center at Harvard University. Author, co-author, editor, and co-editor of 25 books and contributor to 19 others, primarily on Soviet Affairs, his latest publications include: Flawed Succession: Russia's Power Transfer Crises (2006), Russia: A Return to Imperialism (1995), Russian Pluralism -- Now Irreversible? (1992), State and Nation in Multi-ethnic Societies (1991), Inside the Apparat: Perspectives on the Soviet Union (1990), Gorbachev's USSR: A System in Crisis (1990), and The Soviet Empire and the Challenge of National and Democratic Movements (1990). In addition to his book-length works, he has published extensively in both scholarly journals and general readership newspapers, including the Slavic Review, Strategic Review, Global Affairs, Soviet Analyst, the Boston Globe, and the Boston Herald. His current research work focuses on the reassertion of Russian power in the post-Soviet arena. Professor Ra'anan teaches the following courses: DS Russia's International Policies I (IR 541, UNI SS 541) DS Comparative Political Systems and Foreign Policies (IR 544, UNI SS 544) Central/East European Diplomatic History, 1814-1918 (IR 545, UNI SS 545) DS Russia's International Policies II (IR 802, UNI SS 802)
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