... The answer to this question unequivocally depends on the prices of oil, fueled by the ongoing economic sanctions imposed on Russia by the West and worsening geopolitical situation. According to many western and eastern media, the forecasts about the future of the ... ... recovering crude oil price is the growing Chinese economy in 2016-2017. This growth will consequently lead to a growth in oil prices. China, being a biggest consumer of oil (along with USA) can affect the price of oil. In the simple model of supply and demand ...
Russian public and political discussions have recently been revolving around two important ... ... wonderful country. I have visited many places from Washington to provincial towns in the Midwest. I can say that I generally like it. However, America’s collective unconscious... ... become a critical obstacle to building a new world order in the foreseeable future.
China and India: Facets of Self-Limitation
The world’s second most powerful and...
... reminiscent of the decades of the Cold War. Needless to say, the United States and China appear to be the centers of gravity for this new polarization of global politics... ... structure of the international system in the XXI century?
Some analysts – at least in Russia – have gone even further and maintain that this new global split has been... ... the XX century. Fifty years ago the world was divided into two systems – the Western (capitalist) and the Eastern (communist) with irreconcilable (antagonistic)...
... viable and comprehensive alternative to the West in either economic, or social, or political or philosophical sense.
‘The Rest” grows in importance and influence only as much as it westernizes itself. I cannot identify an inherently non-Western middle class in Russia, in China or in India; it may well be anti-US or even anti-EU, but in terms or lifestyles, consumption models, career aspirations, value systems it can hardly be labeled as non-Western.
It would probably be more accurate to look at the modern world through ...
