We need to tread thoughtfully and astutely in terms of our diplomacy while being careful not to become too dependent on anyone or take sides
While it may be a little early to talk about the emergence of a bipolar era in the tech world, the question of what policy Russia should follow against the backdrop of the confrontation between the two undisputed tech leaders (the United States and China) is more pressing than ever.
Vassily Kashin
of the Centre for Comprehensive European and International...
... Europe” in any case, then we should do our best today to make this “return” less complicated and painful.
Andrey Kortunov:
Russia–EU Relations in 2020: Opportunities, Limitations and Possible Trends
2020
: Russia’s involvement in the global economy remains lower than before the crisis began. Preliminary results for 2019 suggest that foreign trade averaged $665 billion per year, compared to $783 billion in 2014. What’s more alarming, Russia’s foreign trade actually fell last year (by ...
... outlined by President Putin in his address to the Federal Assembly in the beginning of this year mark a new beginning in Russia’s economic policy. After extended periods of prioritizing the accumulation of savings and building of reserves, Russia’s economy is switching into spending mode, with greater weight accorded to economic growth compared to an overarching emphasis on securing macroeconomic stability in the past. In effect Russia’s economic model becomes more open and more geared towards ...
... rights could facilitate the move towards sustainable development
Kazakhstan is currently experiencing the negative impacts of volatile oil prices. Kazakhstan's growth slowed from 4.1 per cent in 2014 to 1.2 per cent in 2018, adversely affecting the economy. The economy continued to suffer from a protracted slowdown in global oil prices and weak domestic demand, resulting in a real GDP growth rate estimated at 1 per cent in 2016. The policy problem is that the lower the level of oil prices, the greater ...
... doubt, even a minute. This was the speech of a triumphant winner. The main goal was to create the impression that his presidency has been a continuous succession of victories, an era of prosperity and an endless triumph of America in all areas – the economy, domestic politics, and foreign and defence politics, in light of which the Democrats’ attempts to remove him from power seem miserable and insignificant.
The main point that runs through the whole speech is that Trump’s main 2016 campaign ...
... successes of individual sectors, such as light industry (textiles, clothing and food), non-ferrous metals, construction materials and transport, Central Asian countries are increasingly reaching the objective limits of their growth.
A colossal shadow economy characterises the region. For example,
according to
Minister of Employment and Labour Relations of the Republic of Uzbekistan Sherzod Qudbiyev, only 40 per cent of the country’s economically active population is officially employed, while the ...
... complete independence of the British Empire as its goal.
Dattesh Parulekar:
Indian Elections 2019: Towards New Economic and Political Goals
India has much to celebrate on the 70
th
anniversary on the Republic. In 2000 and 2017 alone, the country’s economy
grew
3.3 times, whilst its contribution to the gross world product in terms of purchasing power parity in 2017 (7.4 per cent) became the world’s third-largest after China and the United States’ respective indicators. Its
armed forces
are ...
... economic architecture. The advent of Globalization 4.0 and the Fourth industrial revolution are set to be accompanied by the emergence of Global governance 4.0 that incorporates the rising role of technology into the multilayered edifice of the global economy.
It is by now widely acknowledged that the old global economic architecture is due for an upgrade. The successive stages in the construction of global economic architecture were characterized by the progression of economic integration from ...
Crisis of the state system, Economic and financial disorder, the rise of non-state actors, climate change, migrations, decline of international institutions
1. Crisis of the state system.
In coming years, we are likely to see a continuous crisis of the traditional state system, particularly in such places as the MENA region, sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and in parts of the former Soviet Union. Weak states might face a challenge of losing their sovereignty; they will not be in a position to provide...
... rate and increasing tax compliance, while on the spending side the main concerns were focused on the slow implementation of the financing of National projects. In the monetary sphere the key vulnerability as identified by Maxim Oreshkin, Russia’s Economy Minister, was the excessive rate of consumer loan growth. The latter however subsided towards the end of the year as the CBR introduced a series of policy measures designed to keep a lid on consumer credit growth going forward.
The external backdrop ...
