The secession of the Sudan into two parts, Northern and Southern countries and the following armed conflicts on its borders, calls for an analysis of why that happened. It is seen as a disaster for both as there are interrelationships between the two built over historical period. There are also...

In March, Russia was faced with the unsavory prospect of a considerable loss of funds kept by Russian enterprises and individuals in Cyprus, traditionally one of the most attractive jurisdictions for Russian businesses A significant portion of those funds was frozen or seized by the Cypriot...

February saw yet another flare-up in the ongoing turf war between economic clans, first of all between Ivan Sechin's and Arkady Dvorkovich's groups of influence. The latest flare-up was so strong that it even spilled over into Russia's state-owned TV channels. Thus, in one of its programs aired...

January 2013 saw yet another surge in protests in Russia – now caused by Vladimir Putin's approval, on New Year's eve, of the draft law banning U.S. citizens to adopt Russian orphans (it should be noted that Russia's authorities have so far failed to offer the orphans anything worth mentioning...

In December 2012, the so-called ‘Magnitsky Law' came into force in the United States. This law empowers and obliges the U.S. President to compose the list of persons responsible for the death of the Hermitage Capital Management investment fund's counselor Sergey Magnitsky and persons violating...

In November 2012, RF Minister of Defense Anatoly Serdiukov, accused of abetting corruption in his ministry, was sacked from office; former Deputy Minister of Regional Development was arrested; criminal proceedings against the managers of Rostelekom and the former top officials of the RF Ministry of...

In November 2012, RF Minister of Defense Anatoly Serdiukov, accused of abetting corruption in his ministry, was sacked from office; former Deputy Minister of Regional Development was arrested; criminal proceedings against the managers of Rostelekom and the former top officials of the RF Ministry of...

We examine the effect of the interaction between resource rents and democracy on corruption for a panel of 29 Sub-Saharan countries during the period from 1985 to 2007. We find that higher resource rents lead to more corruption and that the effect is significantly stronger in less democratic...

Under the present civil Sudanese conditions, the country endures many hardships which are manifested in economic retraction, inflation, recession and stagflation. However, those are not the sole reasons for the sporadic conflicts that infest the people. Illegitimate property and economic...

New governance initiatives like co-management can be made effective through the use of agency rulemaking. Using the Mackenzie Valley Environmental Assessment Board as a case study, this paper affirms that it is possible for marginalized stakeholders to participate in new governance arrangements...