Protectionism – the New Norm of International Trade
A side effect of any trade war is protectionism, which is particularly pronounced during a period of structural transformation or the transition to a new stage of development in economic competition. And we are not just talking about economic transformations here, but also social transformations – imbalances in the economy lead to social disruptions and failures on the labour market, and the national or supranational government must respond to...
... showing trust in the President than the political system as a whole. There is a very big difference between trust in a person and trust in an institution. While trust in the President is very high in Russia, generalized trust (trust at the level of civil society) and institutional trust (trust in other political institutes) is practically absent. For example, trust in the government (35 per cent), political parties (19 per cent), the Federal Assembly (33 per cent for the State Duma and 35 per cent for ...
... a “besieged fortress” that prevailed during the interwar period. The American people responded to the McCarthyism of the 1950s, which called for citizens to seek out “communist spies” everywhere, with mass demonstrations and protests. Soviet society engaged in a kind of passive protest that manifested itself in an enthusiasm for imported goods and the prestige attached to foreign travel to capitalist countries. The mentality of “seeking out spies” everywhere that prevailed in the Soviet ...
... developed countries.
Maksim Karliuk:
The Ethical and Legal Issues of Artificial Intelligence
The high speed of change (suffice it to say that 10 of the most popular professions of 2010
did not exist
in 2004) makes it difficult to predict the impact on society. In this regard, the assessments of experts and international organizations range from
optimistic
to
alarmist
. However, even if we were to eliminate the most extreme case scenarios, we could still say with certainty that a fundamental restructuring ...
Is the world becoming more merciful? Yes, but not too fast.
Is the world becoming more merciful? Yes, but not too fast.
In 2017, at least 993 people were executed in 23 countries, which is 4% less than in 2016 (1,032 executions) and 39% less than in this century’s record 2015 (1,634 executions). The number of death sentences has decreased considerably (2,591 against 3,115 last year). These statistics fail to include death penalties in China and other countries, where they are under state secret...
... to the general public; ways to debunk myths and stereotypes against migrants. Issues of migration regulation and tools for providing channels and opportunities for legal and safe migration, integration of migrants, and also the adaptation of the host society to the presence of migrants were discussed.
Over 100 representatives of international organizations, academic and expert community took part in the event.
Elena Alekseenkova, RIAC Program Manager, made a report about Russia’s narratives on the ...
... of the present Middle East drama.
However, since the problems have to be solved by means of this narrative, we can distinguish certain aspects of the latter.
Obviously, the first such problem is what V. Naumkin called curing the “
diseases of society
” that push young people to radical ideologies.
Accordingly, the question arises: What do young men and women that travel to the Islamic State seek? The answer is not a riddle wrapped up in an enigma.
If the request for change in the Arab ...
Be that as it may, the personage of an aged relative
seems to grow in our memory
as we are told of a past time and society.
Maurice Halbwachs
“Historical Memory and Collective Memory”
1950
On May 9, 2015, Russia will hold celebrations in memory of the 70th anniversary of the Victory in the Second World War (in Europe). Even the youngest veterans are ...
On April 27, 2016 German TNS Infratest Political Research (
TNS Infratest Sozialforschung
) presented in Berlin the results of its sociological study “Russia in Europe: Rapprochement or Isolation?” prepared on request of the Korber Foundation (
Korber Stiftung
).
On the basis of the surveys carried out on a representative sample of respondents in Russia and Germany, the authors of the research presented their findings regarding similar or differing values of the German and Russian societies...
... actuality, the heart of the matter lies in the fact that postmodernism suggests the simultaneous existence of multiple narratives and practices, the multiplicity of forms and foundations for social integration. At the same time, similar to the modern society that preceded it, the postmodernist arrangement generates more ancient and deeper forms of social integration that are seen by a modern individual as something archaic and irrational. In fact, this appears to be exactly the phenomenon we can currently ...
