Following a public sphere approach to civil society research, we develop a working definition of Critical Capacity to … stress the value added of differentiating more explicitly between the nonprofit sector, the third sector and civil society …

As part of Russia’s transformation process of the last decade, the preconditions for the emergence of philanthropic …-demographic factors that influence it. Empirical data were collected within the framework of the monitoring of Russian civil society that … has been conducted since 2006. We found that giving is a rather well-developed civic practice in Russia, even based on the …

This paper analyzes the Shia-Sunni interactions in northeastern Iran (Khorasan) and Central Asia. The Shia …-Sunni disputes in the region date back to the Middle Ages after the establishment of the Safavids (1501 – 1722) in Iran and the … overview of both the Sunni and Shi’ite religious community status in Iran, in Mawara al-Nahr, has become particularly important …

We examine the impact of natural resources on economic growth in Russia’s regions since the introduction of the mineral …

This paper discusses the set of tools of government enacted in 2009–2013 in Russia to provide support to socially … missions. In Russia this approach is considered a serious policy innovation since government policy to date vis-a-vis the …

their share. However, they are still not well examined in the marketing field. Russia is especially neglected in the …. This article examines how “Contemporary marketing practices” (CMP) works in Russia and tests the CMP model in the Russian …

Despite relative normalization of the US-Russia dialogue in early 2013 and their impressive cooperation on Syria and … Iran later that year, the relations on the whole remain extremely fragile, volatile and at the same time stagnant. Their … serious crisis by. The author argues that the fundamental problem of the US-Russia relations is their old-fashioned philosophy …

impact on relations among states. According to the author, a sharp discrepancy between the current model of the US-Russia … especially Russia in the International system, whose policies are in greatest breach with the Kondratiev wave conjuncture. Case … arguing for a new model of the US-Russia relations and description of the one, which would be consistent with the Kondratiev …