... capitalist country and a liberal democracy?
Vladimir Mau:
When I made that prediction, Russia was going through a full-scale revolution — a systemic transformation with the collapse of state institutions. Never before had a completely centralized economy transformed into a market economy. The government had collapsed; it played no active role. In such chaotic periods, general rules emerge. So one can try to predict something based on the interaction of natural forces. One of the elements of this ...
Studying and Teaching Materials No. 8/2018
Studying and Teaching Materials No. 8/2018
In 2015, along with the creation of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), a new impetus was given to the topic of economic integration in the post-Soviet space. In the past three years, integration has been gaining momentum and gradually extending into the public and expert space in Russia and other member states of the Union. The rules and institutions to regulate EAEU activity were being formed.
These new processes...
On July 1–3, 2018, Alexandria, Virginia, USA, hosted an annual symposium of the non-profit Financial Services Volunteer Corps (FSVC, Financial Services Volunteer Corps) focusing on the current issues of the world finance, as well as on the relations between the US, China, and Russia in trade and financial spheres.
On July 1–3, 2018, Alexandria, Virginia, USA, hosted an annual symposium of the non-profit Financial Services Volunteer Corps (FSVC,
Financial Services Volunteer Corps
) focusing on...
... means that all investment in the Belt and Road is effectively backstopped by the state and denominated in RMB. For host economies, there is nothing wrong with letting the China side take the financial risk if the project is of direct benefit to the host economy. But if the
RMB denominated risk is on the Eurasian side
, and the project is to the benefit of Beijing, such as with Uzbekneftgaz’s pipeline construction, then who is really win-winning?
As the major underwriter for China’s key industrial ...
... between Chinese and Russian transport and communication companies has already yielded results. Thus, the joint efforts of the two countries in the alignment of the Belt and Road Initiative and the Eurasian Economic Union look promising.
2. The Chinese economy continues to demonstrate moderately high growth rates. Its ongoing structural reform creates favourable conditions for developing trade and economic relations with Russia. China and Russia are expected to further expand bilateral trade and investment ...
On June 6, 2018, representatives of Denmark’s Export Credit Agency and the Embassy of Denmark visited Russian International Affairs Council.
On June 6, 2018, representatives of
Denmark’s Export Credit Agency
and the Embassy of Denmark visited Russian International Affairs Council.
The following issues were discussed in the course of the meeting: various aspects of relations between Russia and the West, application of new U.S. sanctions against Russia and Russia's response measures, recent developments...
... 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 of the global economy, comparable to the one that took place in the 18th–19th centuries during the First Industrial Revolution, awaits us in the foreseeable future.
According to the World Economic Forum (WEF)
Future of Jobs
report, 65% of today’s primary school ...
On May 17–18, 2018, London hosted an annual international conference «Assessing Risk: Business in Global Disorder» organized by Aspen Institute, Italy, in cooperation with Chatham House, Royal Institute of International Affairs. The conference was organized for the 4th time and traditionally gathered the heads of large European corporations, financial institutions, consulting companies, as well as leading international experts, diplomats, journalists, and government officials from several European...
A new government in Berlin is always a new opportunity — not only for Germany itself, but also for its international partners, Russia including
I understand the fundamentals. Russia lost Germany back in 2014 or even earlier. Seventy-three years after the end of WW2 and twenty-eight years after the reunification, the new generation of Germans owes Russian nothing. After the Ukrainian crisis, no ‘business as usual’ is possible in any foreseeable future; Moscow and Berlin continue to sharply disagree...
... the enemy defences and impose a peace on its own terms.
In a protracted conflict, it is usually the side with the stronger rear that fairs the best. Russia thus faces the vital issue of selecting a development strategy, primarily with regard to its economy. Moscow could go with its habitual pattern of mobilizing the economy, just like the USSR did during World War II. Back then, Nazi Germany had virtually all the economic resources of Europe at its disposal, which significantly exceeded the Soviet ...
