Islam in Russia : the politics of identity and security / Shireen T. Hunter ; with Jeffrey L. Thomas and Alexander Melikishvili.

Islam in Russia: the historical background -- Islam in post-Soviet Russia: a demographic, geographic, institutional, socio-economic, ideological, and political profile -- The evolution of Russia's post-Soviet national identity: the impact of the Islamic factor -- The evolution of Russian federalism: the Islamicfactor -- Democratization and multi-party politics in post-Soviet Russia: impact on Muslim political mobilization and participation -- The evolution of Russia's foreign policy perspectives in the post-Soviet era -- the role of Islam in shaping Russia's post-Soviet external relations -- Russian policy toward central Asia and the transcaucasus -- Russia's relations with the northern tier countries -- Russia's relations with the Arab world and the Balkans -- Russian-western relations -- Russia's encounter with Islam.