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, it appears romantic, combative and naïve, but does Mikhail Gorbachev’s “new thinking” rhetoric of the same time look any less romantic and naïve? And which one of us was not a naïve romantic in 1989?
Viewing western-type liberal democracy as the final stage of humanity’s development and as the universally optimal socio-political form, Fukuyama arrives at the conclusion that for states with a “stable democracy,” history in its traditional interpretation – with its conflicts ...
Russian Senator Konstantin Kosachev tells Christiane Amanpour why he thinks the Mueller investigation was biased and "not a fair approach."
Russian Senator Konstantin Kosachev tells Christiane Amanpour why he thinks the Mueller investigation was biased and "not a fair approach
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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...
... background of an unprecedented campaign launched by the United States in late 2016 regarding “Russian interference” in the U.S. elections. There are regular calls in Congress for Russia to be punished, through sanctions, for undermining American democracy. Russia is being blamed for nothing more and nothing less than threatening American statehood.
The theory about Russia interfering in the U.S. elections should not be downplayed or dismissed out of hand. Moscow simply cannot understand why ...
Main Development Trends in 2010–2016 Principal
“Democracy Island” is a phrase that has taken deep root in the vocabulary of post-Soviet politicians, political experts, and analysts when attempting to describe the development of Kyrgyzstan in its totality since it gained independence in 1991 [
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... reason, Russia suggested a resolution in the United Nations in 2014 called: Combating glorification of Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance.[6] 4. Democracy Russia, in Soviet time and now, is considered the embodiment of authoritarianism and totalitarianism. That fact alone gives rise to countless criticism on behalf of the Russian Federation. In the film we can see that democratic principles in ...
Authoritarianism vs. democracy has long been established as part of modern Western discourse, with political transitions supposed to move linearly from one to the other. The problem is that authoritarian regimes proper – rationally organized secular autocracies – ...
Sunday, October 23
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, 2016, marks the 60th anniversary of the Hungarian Uprising (also sometimes referred to as the Hungarian Revolution). Because no state in Europe today espouses communist ideology, the Hungarian Uprising does not carry any valuable lessons for government leaders and ordinary people in the 21
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century. However, reducing the events in October—November 1956 to the multiple abuses of totalitarianism may obscure the main message.
The confrontation between the socialist and...
http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/interview-ms-irina-bokova-director-general-unesco/ © GEM.Ms. Irina Bokova, Director General of UNESCO became Honorary Membership at Global Education Magazine. Javier Collado Ruano: Today, 5th December 2015, International Volunteer Day, we give welcome to our special guess: Ms. Irina Bokova, Director General of UNESCO. I have had the opportunity to dialogue with her during the 2nd UNESCO Forum on Global Citizenship Education celebrated in February of 2015...
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The Ecological and Social Footprint: A Challenge for Global Citizenship
La huella ecológica y social: un desafío para la ciudadanía mundial
Javier Collado Ruano, Director of Edition
International Volunteer Day, Salimatou Fatty
Interview with Ms. Irina Bokova, Director General of UNESCO
The World is Changing. Are you? Volunteer! Richard Dictus
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