Russian Abstract: Анализ литературы и примеров санкций в исторической ретроспективе показывает, что санкции не являются в общем случае заменой военному противостоянию...

One could define Leftist politician as a "happiness promoter", prioritizing care over defense as the Government principal goal. The present article traces the dynamics of the priorities chosen by leftist parties in Israel. During the period of the British Mandate they maintained...

Russian Abstract: "Стратегия…" является продолжением и дополнением работы "Институциональные ограничения современного экономического роста", впервые вышедшей в 2011...

Russian Abstract: В статье обсуждается гипотеза утверждающая, что в современном мире государство не в состоянии обеспечивать защиту своим гражданам и потому может...

Russian Abstract: Дополнительные материалы содержат ссылки по следующим темам: некоторые основные особенности партизанских войн прошлого и наших дней; исторические...

Russian Abstract: Данный текст является введением в книгу "Стратегия долгосрочного процветания: в поисках растаявшего ориентира". "Стратегия… " является продолжением и...

Ideology is pretty efficient machinery to decrease collective action's costs. People not need to communicate or even to be familiar one another to participate the joint action, to support the policy or resist the same. The chapter studies the impact which new ideologies of the 21st century...

The October 2012 single day of voting produced approximately the same results for United Russia as were achieved by it in the 2011 parliamentary elections. The CPRF also had a good showing at the polls. The two other parliamentary parties – Fair Russia and the LDPR – did not manage to...

Against the backdrop of dramatically fluctuating oil prices, the main news of January were the plans declared by the Russian government, in particular the budget expenditure cut by 10%, the possibility of privatization of certain big state-owned entities, and the renewal of external borrowing....

In December, President of Russia Vladimir Putin delivered the Annual Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly. During the traditional press conference he expressed his approval of the policies pursued by the RF Government and the Bank of Russia, noting that the current situation was...