Toward A New Paradigm For The Post-Soviet Petrostates

Toward A New Paradigm For The Post-Soviet Petrostates

Economies and geopolitical clout growing faster than a speeding bullet! Presidents more powerful than a locomotive! Able to ignore demands for political reform at a single bound! Look! On the shores of the Caspian! Nations in transition? Developing countries? No! It's the post-Soviet petrostates!