authoritarian regression in two of collapsology’s “crucial cases” – inter-war Germany and post-communist Russia. Instead, (a) a … Germany, we can find in today’s Russia fascist actors and widespread nationalism among the population. In current Russia, in … distinction to inter-war Germany, however, the party system is manipulated and the third sector underdeveloped. The continuing …

propelled Germany and Italy toward Fascism. Yet in the 1930s, these regimes were hardly considered antithetical. Cultural …

This paper examines Latvia's foreign trade and investment relations with Germany and Russia during the interwar period … was Germany, whilst trade with Russia (USSR) was minimal. The reorientation of Latvian trade to the West after regaining … independence in 1991 meant the reestablishment of links with Germany, as well as the maintenance of links to Russia. In comparison …