An introduction to center-periphery relations / Daniel R. Kempton and Terry D. Clark -- Three challenges to assessing Russian federalism / Daniel R. Kempton -- Komi and the center : developing federalism in an era of socioeconomic crisis / James Alexander -- The case of Sakha : bargaining with Moscow / Daniel R. Kempton -- Yeltsin, Shaimiev, and Dudaev : negotiating autonomy for Tatarstan and Chechnya / Ann E. Robertson -- The Kaliningrad oblast--a troublesome exclave / Ingmar Oldberg -- Federal reform and intraperipheral conflict : the case of Nenets autonomous okrug / Helge Blakkisrud -- Assessing Russian federalism / Daniel R. Kempton -- Studying local politics in the former Soviet Union / Terry D. Clark -- Regionalism in post-Soviet Ukraine / Paul Kubicek -- National-local links in Lithuania / Terry D. Clark -- Central power and regional and local government in Uzbekistan / Lawrence R. Robertson and Roger D. Kangas -- Identity/difference in Central Asia : tribes, clans and Mahalla / Anthony Bichel -- Conclusions and assessments : strategies in center-periphery relations / Daniel R. Kempton and Terry D. Clark.