The dynamics of Austria's economic relations with the EU Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine - and with Russia have deviated from those of the EU in several important ways. During the decade preceding the war in Ukraine, Austrian trade...

In this study, we investigate the employers' attitude towards Russian migrants in Kazakhstan's labor market. We conduct a field experiment by sending over 1600 fictitious job applications to real job openings posted on one of the largest job search portals in the country. The job applicants...

Detailed case studies of debt defaults by Russia, Ukraine, Pakistan, Ecuador, Moldova, and Uruguay, framed by a comprehensive discussion of the history, economic theory, legal issues, and policy lessons of sovereign debt crises.

In den letzten zwei Jahren hat Belarus Trägersysteme erworben, welche Minsk die Fähigkeit zum Einsatz von Nuklearwaffen verschaffen. Zwar behaupten Moskau und Minsk, dass sich mittlerweile russische Atomsprengköpfe auf belarussischem Boden befinden. Gesichert ist dies allerdings nicht, und...