'Robert Boardman's study of the changing relations of Russia and China with the UN system is a welcome addition to post-Cold War literature on international organisations. As he notes in his acknowledgements, 'studying constantly moving targets is never easy' and both his 'targets' have certainly been moving very fast. Nevertheless, one of the strengths of this book is its delineation of the historical continuities as well as the recent changes in Soviet/Russian and Chinese attitudes toward multilateralism in general and the UN in particular... This timely study should be recommended reading for undergraduate courses in International Relations...lucidly written and admirably succinct.' - Millennium: Journal of International Relations

• Acknowledgements - List of Abbreviations - Introduction: Political Economy and Institutional Order - PART 1: RUSSIA - Historical Ironies: the Gorbachev Moment and the (Re)emergence of Russia - Bretton Woods and After: Flirtations with Capitalism - Interesting Diversions: the Politics of the Non-Political Socialist Theory meets Functionalist Practice - Beyond Common Security: Russia, the UN and Conflict Resolution - PART II: CHINA - From Periphery to Pole: China and Multilateralism - Understanding the Times: the UN System in a Complex World - PART III: CONCLUSIONS AND PROSPECTS - The UN System and World Order - Notes

'Robert Boardman's study of the changing relations of Russia and China with the UN system is a welcome addition to post-Cold War literature on international organisations. As he notes in his acknowledgements, 'studying constantly moving targets is never easy' and both his 'targets' have certainly been moving very fast. Nevertheless, one of the strengths of this book is its delineation of the historical continuities as well as the recent changes in Soviet/Russian and Chinese attitudes toward multilateralism in general and the UN in particular... This timely study should be recommended reading for undergraduate courses in International Relations...lucidly written and admirably succinct.' - Millennium: Journal of International Relations

• Acknowledgements - List of Abbreviations - Introduction: Political Economy and Institutional Order - PART 1: RUSSIA - Historical Ironies: the Gorbachev Moment and the (Re)emergence of Russia - Bretton Woods and After: Flirtations with Capitalism - Interesting Diversions: the Politics of the Non-Political Socialist Theory meets Functionalist Practice - Beyond Common Security: Russia, the UN and Conflict Resolution - PART II: CHINA - From Periphery to Pole: China and Multilateralism - Understanding the Times: the UN System in a Complex World - PART III: CONCLUSIONS AND PROSPECTS - The UN System and World Order - Notes