The current European debt crisis is bringing to the fore well-defined cracks in the Eurozone’s construction. There are two possible scenarios for the future of the Eurozone: Either its members will have the collective will to roll back national sovereignty, or current plans for a European...

The global economic crisis has created new challenges for education systems all over the world. The Former Soviet Union countries were confronted with an urgent issue, not necessarily specifically related to the crisis: to formulate and introduce new educational curricula, standards, and...

Though the global financial crisis hit Russia’s economy harder than many other emerging markets, the situation in both Russia’s real and financial sector stabilized as early as in the first half of 2009. However, the exit strategy chosen by the Russian authorities lacked any specific...