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Democracy in decline and its fate after the crisis: economic waves and democratic procedures (1)

12:12 11.11.2020 Vasily Koltashov

Democracy in decline and its fate after the crisis: economic waves and democratic procedures (1)

An economist and historian specializing in economic crises from ancient times to the epochs of commercial and modern industrial capitalism. Head of the Institute of a New Society, Lecturer at the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics. In early 2008, he gave a surprisingly accurate analysis of the current crisis, a …

Russia and Iran in Syria

11:44 06.11.2020 Vladimir Sazhin

Russia and Iran in Syria

The world media is abuzz with news about the presidential elections in the United States, the fighting in and around Nagorno-Karabakh and the upcoming second wave of the COVID-19 epidemic. That being said, the situation in Syria remains very much in the focus of attention of analysts and political scientists.Recently, …

NATO, coronacrisis and obsolete ideas

12:53 05.11.2020 Andrey Kadomtsev

NATO, coronacrisis and obsolete ideas

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that "NATO countries have invested additional funds in the purchase of air defense systems and fighters to contain Russia," RBC reported. Meanwhile, almost all members of the Western defense alliance are facing a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Against the background of new …

The crisis of positivist, “evidence-based” political science in US

11:14 28.10.2020 Oleg Karpovich , N. Tretyakov

The crisis of positivist, “evidence-based” political science in US

Right from its birth in the 18thcentury, the United States of America emerged as one of the most advanced countries, or even the most advanced one in terms of government organization and the ideology of state building. The newly independent British colony got a chance to shed off the past …

UN in 21st century: working under stress

15:56 23.10.2020 Anna Yershova

UN in 21st century: working under stress

The UN marked its 75thanniversary in a rather troubled state, widely accused of failing the test of the COVID-19 pandemic and of generally been unable to fulfill its duties. What is the main task that the United Nations Organization is facing today? Does it need to be reformed and to …

The price of slavery. Descendants of former US slaves eligible to compensation?

10:53 19.10.2020 Andrey Kadomtsev

The price of slavery. Descendants of former US slaves eligible to compensation?

According to USA Today, the state of California has enacted a law which “provides for setting up a focus group to look into the possibility of paying reparations to slave descendants”. In the estimates of the edition, California will become the first US state to examine the issue on the …

TOKYO QUAD MEETING

11:25 18.10.2020 Kanwal Sibal

TOKYO QUAD MEETING

Recently a meeting of the heads of the foreign ministries of four countries - the USA, Japan, Australia and India, called "QUAD MEETING", took place in Tokyo. That is the “Meeting of the Four” or, as it began to be called, the “Quadripartite Dialogue on Security”.At this event, initiated by …

Turkey and conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh

11:29 13.10.2020 Andrey Isayev

Turkey and conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh

The position of Turkey, which has sided with one of the warring parties in Nagorno-Karabakh, is starkly at variance with many countries’ and international organizations’ calls to end hostilities.Moreover, it was more than just diplomatic support that Ankara offered Baku, with media and later politicians of a number of countries …

Migrants threaten EU again

10:48 08.10.2020 Pyotr Iskenderov

Migrants threaten EU again

The COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing social and economic crisis in Europe have resulted in an aggravation of the migration issueUnlike in 2014-2015, when this issue was considered an “external” one and was related to the influx of refugees and illegal migrants from North Africa and Middle East to EU …

Each pole to have a “digital”. National digital currencies may become another sphere of competition

12:49 02.10.2020 Andrey Kadomtsev

Each pole to have a “digital”. National digital currencies may become another sphere of competition

According to China Finance, an edition of People’s Bank of China, China should become the first country to launch into circulation a digital national currency. Reports by Reuters say a move of this kind will facilitate China’s efforts to expand the international status of yuan and reduce the country’s dependence …

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