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North Korea Got It Covered

... War Veterans. Each congress lasted a few days, being all attended by several thousand delegates. For example, some 10,000 delegates took part in the 6 th Conference of Cell Secretaries of the Korean Workers’ Party in April 2021. Ivan Timofeev: Post-COVID-19 Sanctions Policies All this was against the backdrop of a difficult situation in the economy that has largely been caused by the international blockade (both due to suffocating sanctions and as a result of the country’s self-isolation) as well as the complete shutdown of borders to prevent coronavirus from entering the country. These ...

27.09.2021

On the Role of Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) in Supporting a Green Recovery

... mutual interests, improve multilateralism, and develop opportunities for their SWFs, writes Valdai Club Programme Director Yaroslav Lissovolik . Additionally, it would act as an emergency tool in easing the impact of a global crisis, such as the current COVID-19 pandemic, as it can be employed as an anti-crisis measure via the investments of the G20 states’ SWFs. Perhaps one of the few areas where a consensus is crystallizing across the major powers of the global economy is on the urgency of advancing the green environmental agendas and reducing the carbon emissions. Global institutions such as the IMF are emphasizing the need for a green recovery to take hold in the world economy as the global community emerges ...

27.04.2021

Russia’s ‘Growth-Stability’ Dichotomy

... underperformed the global average almost every year since the 2008-09 financial crisis. But it’s far from a homogenous pattern: in fact, since 2017, there has been a pronounced trend toward increasing divergence across the main sectors of the Russian economy. This has been significantly accentuated by the Covid crisis. The sectors exhibiting the highest growth appear to be those that benefit from Russia’s relative macroeconomic stability and are less sensitive to the country’s lack of growth momentum....

01.04.2021

How Egypt Has Changed 10 Years Since the Arab Spring

... In 2010, external debt amounted to 17.1% of gross national income, in 2019 it already reached 39.4%, and in 2018 an anti-record was set since 1996 and it was 41%. However, now there is practically no accurate data that would assess the damage to the economy caused by the COVID-19 virus. The last decade has been a rather difficult period in the modern history of Egypt. The Arab Republic has gone through two revolutions, and amendments to the constitution were adopted twice. The level of the terrorist threat has increased,...

25.01.2021

Leaving the Year of the Pandemic Behind: A Look Ahead to 2021

... the course of 2020 amply demonstrated the strong effect on financial markets of the newsflow regarding the spreading of the pandemic and testing of new effective vaccines. According to RAND’s estimates the creation of a new effective vaccine against Covid-19 can deliver dividends to the world economy equivalent to 3.4 trn dollars, which is more than 4% of global GDP per annum. At the same time the costs of the so-called “vaccine nationalism” are estimated at more than 1 trn dollars per year. Development of new technologies : the pandemic ...

09.01.2021

Crisis-Resistant Economic Models: Uruguay’s Example

... this respect. Despite the high disease level in Latin America, Uruguay has demonstrated strong sustainability in healthcare and in the economic system as a whole in the face of an unprecedented crisis. It has performed well largely due to a sustainable economy and its orientation towards the development of human capital. It is possible to reduce poverty and inequality, develop human resources and speed up economic growth even in unfavourable regional and global conditions. This can be seen in Uruguay ...

24.12.2020

Russia’s Economic Outlook: Risks Prevail Over Drivers

... forceful drivers that would be supportive for the markets, writes Valdai Club Programme Director Yaroslav Lissovolik. On the global scene, the support for the markets has been undermined by waning anti-crisis stimuli from the main centres of the world economy. In the case of the US the current political scene is making it increasingly difficult for the Democrats and Republicans to agree on a new stimulus package. In the case of China, the rate of recovery throughout the past months as well as the successful ...

21.12.2020

New International Economic Order Discussed at Marbella International University Centre and Occidental Studies Institute Conference

On December 10, 2020, Marbella International University Center (Spain), in partnership with the Occidental Studies Institute, held an international conference on the new international economic order in 2020 On December 10, 2020, Marbella International University Center (Spain), in partnership with the Occidental Studies Institute, held an international conference on the new international economic order in 2020. The event was attended by professors and educators, students and graduate students from...

11.12.2020

Pandemic Amid an Economic Crisis: Challenges for Syria

... neighbouring Lebanon. It has weakened the Syrian national currency and reduced potential investments in the recovery of the Syrian economy; more fuel was added to the fire when two explosions rocked the port of Beirut on August 4, 2020, knocking out a key transhipment ... ... petrol from 250 to 450 Syrian pounds (i.e., from 20 to 36 cents). Coronavirus Pandemic: Numbers and Reality At first glance, the COVID-19 statistics in Syria look more optimistic than those of neighbouring countries. For example, in terms of the number of ...

09.11.2020

Financial Bubbles in the Coronavirus Era

... exist, increasing the role of national currencies in mutual settlements and international financial instruments (or through the creation of new international liquidity in the form of national collective settlement monetary units). Andrey Kortunov: COVID-19 Presents Both Opportunities and Threats to Russia’s Foreign Policy Where Does Russia Stand amid the Global Turbulence? The Russian economy demonstrated greater resilience during the first wave of the coronavirus crisis than the economies of both developed countries and the economies of its partners in BRICS. Despite the sharp decline in world prices for carbon fuel (Russia’s main ...

20.10.2020
 

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  1. In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?
    U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements  
     33 (31%)
    U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity  
     30 (28%)
    U.S. wants to dissolve Russia  
     24 (22%)
    U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China  
     21 (19%)
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