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Woflgang Danspeckgruber, director of the Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination (LISD) at the Woodrow Wilson School and a lecturer of public and international affairs, is the editor of a new book, "Perspectives on the Russian State in Transition" (Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, 2006).

For the past decade, much of the analyses of the former Soviet Union has centered around issues of economics and Russia's transition from communism to capitalism. Recently, increasing numbers of scholars and policy makers have recognized the crucial importance of questions relating to Russia's political and legal order, civil society, energy resources, national security, and environment.

Through a series of essays written by leading authorities on the former Soviet Union, "Perspectives on the Russian State in Transition" offers an integrated picture of the politics, economics, society, culture, and geopolitics underpinning the move toward economic and political stability in the former Soviet Union.

Contributing authors to the volume include Simon Clarke, professor of sociology at the University of Warwick, U.K., and scientific director of the Institute for Comparative Labor Relations Research (ISITO), Moscow; Thane Gustafson, professor of government at Georgetown University and a consultant on Russian energy affairs for Cambridge Research Energy Associates; and William Wohlforth, professor of government at Dartmouth College.