...sympathies of the new states rest, and to what extent are old "alliances" and "hatreds" being revived? We would like to thank the contributors to this volume for their help in making the first phase of the Russian Littoral Project a success and for revising their papers in a timely...

...countries, particularly the presence of sizable numbers of ethnic Russians in several of the new states. We would like to thank the contributors to this volume for their help in making the first phase of the Russian Littoral Project a success and for revising their papers in a timely...

...Mass. DPW Roxbury, Conn. AS May 1993 Acknowledgments This book has been a long time in coming, and we would like to thank the contributors to this volume for their patience and generosity through all the waiting. We are fortunate to have had them as colleagues in...

...to provide institutional co-sponsorship of the enterprise. We wish to thank the contributors to the volume for their help in making this phase of the...in a timely fashion. We are especially grateful to George Quester for supporting the project since its inception, for contributing insights that were...

...countries. The series is intended to provide a basis for comprehensive scholarly study of these issues. We would like to thank the contributors to this volume for their help in making the first phase of the Russian Littoral Project a success and for revising their papers in a timely...

...that she often assumed in life: she pushed people to action. We therefore owe her a debt of gratitude. We would like to thank the contributors to this volume for their diligence and patience in seeing this book through to completion. The efforts of the readers and editors...

...methodological perspectives. They all share an emphasis on the interplay of political and economic factors. We would like to thank the contributors to this volume...in a timely fashion. We are especially grateful to Bartlomiej Kaminski for supporting the Russian Littoral Project since its inception, for contributing...

...the volume seeks to illuminate the dynamics and possible outcomes of the transformation of the USSR. We would like to thank the contributors to this volume...for revising their papers in a timely fashion. We would also like to express our gratitude to the discussants, who prepared detailed written comments...

...which Russia and the other new states are likely to respond to the initiatives of international actors. We would like to thank the contributors to this volume...for revising their papers in a timely fashion. We would also like to express our gratitude to the discussants, who prepared detailed written comments...

...these endeavors and that the reader will share our enthusiasm for this fascinating field. As editors, we would like to thank the contributors to this volume for their excellent work as well as for their patience with us. We would also like to thank Dr. James W.-K. Mark...