On December 19, 2017, the University of Pisa hosted international round table discussion on «Rethinking Revolutions: 1917-2017».
On December 19, 2017, the University of Pisa hosted international round table discussion on «Rethinking Revolutions: 1917-2017».
Historians and political scientists from universities of Italy, France, Britain, Germany, and ...
Challenging the October Revolution
Russian diplomats from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs – stationed both at the central office and at foreign diplomatic missions, embassies and consulates – were among the first to mount a political challenge against the Bolsheviks after ...
In the second half of the 20th century, nation building, citizenship, and individual and collective rights took shape after the colonial system was dismantled and dozens of new countries emerged. Mass migration, globalization, and new doctrines of self-determination played an important role in this process, encompassing a set of national and international mechanisms of struggle against various forms of discrimination and the protection of ethnic, racial, religious, and language minority rights. In...
What happens in the post-revolutionary Libya?
The assassination of Gaddafi (October 20) took place eight months ago, but the political situation in Libya remains extremely tense and is characterized by an ongoing struggle for power and influence, the escalation of armed groups,...
... is supporting political opposition in Syria. In general, the whole picture looks not only different but directly opposite to the vision of the “Arab spring” as a wave of democracy.
The Theory of “Black” and “White” Revolutions
All this makes one recall the beginning of the Iranian revolution of 1978. The Islamic revolution in Iran was a great enigma to Western political analysts. Meanwhile, there is nothing difficult in explaining the sources of the Iranian revolution....