Dr. Olga R. Gulina is acting director and founder of RUSMPI, the Institute on Migration Policy in Berlin. She studied constitutional and migration law in Russia, Germany, and France as well as at the Helsinki Human Rights Foundation and European Academy of Diplomacy in Poland. Gulina held fellowships from the German Chancellor Program of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and from the Kennan Institute of the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, DC. She is author of several books and papers. Dr. Nils Muinieks was the Council of Europe's Commissioner for Human Rights in 20122018, Chairman of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance in 20102012, and Latvian Minister for Social Integration, Anti-Discrimination, Minority Rights, and Civil Society Development in 20022004.
An excellent presentation of all relevant aspects of migration from
and within Eastern Europe since the 1990s, providing a fresh
perspective that is usually missing in the EU's current debate on
this topical issue. Gulina reminds us of how much national identity
and regional political interest determine migration-related
legislation on the European continent and how this also connects
with political conflicts in the post-Soviet space.--Mirko Kruppa,
head of politics of the European Union Delegation in Russia
Gulina offers a fresh and truly complete consideration of migration
in the post-Soviet space, not only as a key factor in consolidating
the ethnic and national identities of the region's newly
independent states but also as an extension of foreign policy and
geopolitics as a tool in the hands of governments. Her treatment of
the interplay of territorial conflicts in Central Asia, the
Caucasus, and Eastern Europe with population movements within and
out of the post-Soviet region is an especially timely and important
contribution. This work draws on a vast trove of primary source
material and sets a high bar for objectivity and methodological
rigor.--Matthew Rojansky, director of the Wilson Center's Kennan
Institute
One of the best documented and systematic records of the history of
migration within the post-Soviet space and beyond its borders,
written by a Russian living in Europe who deeply understands the
mechanisms both of migration from the newly independent states to
Russia and from Russia to the West.--Vladislav Inozemtzev, director
of the Moscow-based Centre for Research on Post-Industrial
Societies, a nonprofit think tank
This book constitutes a unique resource on migration politics of
the former Soviet Republics; it is empirically rich and
analytically nuanced. Gulina reveals migration as a geopolitical,
demographic, and social challenge for the countries in the
region.--Saidasror Saidov, chief of the Migration Department at the
Ministry of Labor, Migration, and Employment of the Republic of
Tajikistan
This book features remarkable research and an outstanding review of
developments in the area of migration between former states of the
USSR and the regional successor entities and groupings such as NIS,
CIS, EAEU, and GUAM. It touches upon migration as a tool for
pursuing internal and external political ambitions, sometimes
reaching the limits of politics, where frictions and conflicts
start.--Radim Z�k, regional coordinator for Eastern Europe and
Central Asia at the International Centre for Migration Policy
Development
Sobering, critical, and well-cooked research on migration within
the Post-Soviet space. A must-read for scholars on Russian and
Eurasian studies worldwide.--Ivan Timofeev, Program Director of
Russian International Affairs Council, Russia
Well-written and well-structured publication on the highly topical
issue of migration in the post-Soviet area. Easy to read and
extremely useful for multidisciplinary research.--Roman Petrov,
National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
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