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A Different Global Governance: Taming the Excesses of Realpolitik

... each others’ expense. The result as game-theory would suggest is a “prisoner’s dilemma” pyramid that is built from the foundations of individual values to the level of international institutions. It turns out that the egoism in today’s world economy is multi-dimensional and multi-layered. Within countries the society appears to be more often than not atomized and individualistic, with individualism espoused as a virtue, and collectivism perceived as a threat to individual freedoms. At the ...

13.03.2019

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Transit Across the Baltics: Separating the Economic Wheat from the Political Chaff

....” But the question begs: who is the leader? Surprisingly, it is Latvia, see “ Latvia as a bridge between West and East is not working, and has to be rejected ” (link in Russian). This much was made clear by a presidential advisor on the economy and European affairs and former EU commissioner. As for Latvian Railways President Ugis Magonis, we can assume that he is being dealt with in the same way as former IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who declared that the global political ...

18.08.2015

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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%)