Der Ausbruch der russischen Finanzkrise im Sommer 1998 brachte für die Wirtschaft des Landes außerordentlich starke Produktionsrückgänge mit sich. Der Weltmarktpreis für Rohöl hat sich 1999 gegenüber seinem Tiefpunkt wieder mehr als verdoppelt. Die Prognosen bezüglich Rußlands...

India has risen internationally since the 1990s. The most important reasons for this success are its economic reforms since 1991 and new inter­national constellations since the East-West conflict. Both have earned the country a significantly greater say on global issues, but India’s rise is...

Among the many significant geopolitical consequences of Russia’s war against Ukraine has been the reinvigoration of the Middle Corridor, both as a regional economic zone comprising Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Turkey but also as an increasingly attrac­tive alternative route between Europe...

The SDG Summit will take place on 18-19 September 2023 in New York. UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called it the “centrepiece” of the UN’s work this year. Numerous reports for this year’s mid-term review of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs will lament the “lack of political...