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The study focuses on specific issues in the system of international security related to modern-day piracy. The first part examines the adequacy of the classical approach treating piracy as a common crime with an international element, comparing contemporary piracy to other illegal activities...
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The paper illustrates the governement’s agility in response to opposition protests and the debacle of parliamentary elections. We explore the evolution of Kremlin strategies from a reliance on cooptation to more coercive strategies—a trend that continued after Putin’s election in March....
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Does less inequality in wealth distribution imply better property rights protection? In this paper we show that this impact is non monotonous and is conditional on a) equilibrium type: conflict (rent-seeking) or peace, b) the reasons of changes in wealth distribution, and c) the size of the...
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century Moscow. The Sheremetev Almshouse was the first charity institution in Russia to expose the applicants for relief to …
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Last several decades have shown a steady broadening of national security issues’ spectrum along with an increase in the strictness of international competition driven by advances in high technologies and other factors. National security agenda is nowadays comprised not only of defense issues...
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Despite relative normalization of the US-Russia dialogue in early 2013 and their impressive cooperation on Syria and … serious crisis by. The author argues that the fundamental problem of the US-Russia relations is their old-fashioned philosophy … relations, which poorly reflects the real challenges that US and Russia face in the world of today and tomorrow. The author …
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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 …
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In this paper, we study the minimum wage reform in Russia, which aimed to decentralize the fixing of the minimum wage …
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Many antitrust investigations in Russia continue to present a challenge for the assessment of competition policy and … enforcement. The article explains the possible effects of antitrust enforcement in Russia. Using a unique dataset of the appeals …
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“Monitoring innovation activities of innovation process participants” is a project which has been carried out by the Higher School of Economics (HSE) for several years to promote monitoring and analysis of innovation issues in general, and on specific activities of its particular actors from...
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