30 Years since the Fall of the Berlin Wall

1. 30 Years after the Fall of the Berlin Wall: Trends and the Current State of Communism and Post-Communism in Europe and Asia.- 2. A Taxonomy of Post-Communist Economies after 30 Years of Reforms.- 3. The Central Asian Countries' Economies in the Twenty-First Century.- 4. The Post-Communist Transition of the Western Balkans: EUropeanisation with a Small Enlargement Carrot.- 5. Oragnised Crime in-and from-Communist and Post-Communist States.- 6. US-Russia Relations in the Last 30 Years: From a Rapprochement to a Meltdown.- 7. Russia's Growing Relationship with Iran: Strategic or Tactical?.- 8. Energy Integration in the Eurasian Economic Union: A Preliminary Study on Progress and Policy Implications.- 9. Mediating Populist Discourse in Russia via YouTube: The Case of Alexey Navalny.- 10. Why Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan Are Not Singapore: Comparing the First 25 Years of Reforms.- 11. Money Can't Buy Me Love, But It Can Buy Apples: An Analysis of Fruit and Vegetable Demand in Uzbekistan.- 12. Squandering Remittances Income in Conspicuous Consumption?.- 13. Equal Citizenship, Ethnicity, and Language Dilemmas in the Context of the Post-Socialist Reforms in Central Asia.- 14. The Horrors of Exclusion: Zygmunt Bauman's Sociological Journey.- 15. Failures and Successes: Soviet and Chinese State-Socialist Reforms in the Face of Global Capitalism.- 16. Legal Continuity and Change: Two Russian Revolutions and Perestroika through the Prism of Kelsen's Grundnorm and Hart's Secondary Rules.- 17. 'Fleeing Communism': Yugoslav and Vietnamese Post-War Migration to Australia and Changes to Immigration Policy.

Alexandr Akimov is a Senior Lecturer in Banking and Finance at Griffith University, Australia. In addition to academic appointments, Alexandr has held the risk management appointments at the National Bank of Uzbekistan. He is an active member of a number of professional and research associations. He is currently a President of Australasian Association for Communist and Post-communist Studies (AACaPS) and is Australian representative at International Council for Central and Eastern European Studies (ICCEES) Executive Committee. His research expertise is in the areas of emerging market finance and economics with the particular focus on post-communist economic transition in post-Soviet Central Asia.

"The book brings diverse research fields into one assemblage, including economy, history, policy, law, crime, migration, media, ethnicity, consumption, and other areas of life. .... 30 Years since the Fall of the Berlin Wall gathers some interesting and significant chapters, written by authors with different experiences and background ... . The credibility of the content ... might be useful for those interested in the social, political, and economic twists and turns of communist and post-communist countries ... ." (Mariusz Czepczynski, Eurasian Geography and Economics, December 12, 2022)

"This edited volume is a timely reminder of the mixed consequences of the previous global ideological confrontation. Bringing together various methodologies, sources, disciplinary approaches and scholars of different backgrounds, this volume is particularly helpful for scholars, students, practitioners and policymakers interested in a comprehensive treatment of post-communist transition." (Chi Zhang, Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 73 (3), March 22, 2021)