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The Spanish Language: Two Projections of the Same Phenomenon

... European Union. Photo: lrc.salemstate.edu The Hispanic World While in the Western Hemisphere the Spanish language has been a natural medium for international relations and regional integration, Spain also has been employing the language as a tool of soft power and a means to transform its role in the globalized world. The democratic transition and economic development in the post-Franco period have drastically changed the structure of Spain's global interests and capabilities. Positioning itself ...

20.11.2013

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Soft power of the Russian word

... considerably. Russian is the only one of the major languages that has suffered heavy losses in its status the world over in the past two decades. Can this trend be reversed? Can the Russian language in our time act as an effective instrument of Russia’s soft power in the world arena? Giving Way In the past twenty years, there has been no major language on earth that had its status eroded as fast as Russian. At the beginning of the 20th century, there were around 150 million Russian speakers. These were ...

02.10.2013

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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%)