On July 23–24, 2021, 49th regular plenary meeting of the International Business Elite Forum, organized semiannually under the auspices of the RAND Business Leaders Forum since 1997, was held online.
On July 23–24, 2021, 49th regular plenary meeting of the International Business Elite Forum, organized semiannually under the auspices of the RAND Business Leaders Forum since 1997, was held online.
The following reports were presented by RIAC members at the meeting: Andrey Kortunov spoke about Moscow’s...
RIAC and IISS of Peking University Report #66 / 2021
RIAC and IISS of Peking University Report #66 / 2021
The report attempts to compare Russia and China’s views on the current state of affairs in African and their prospects moving forward. Experts have tried to juxtapose the strategies pursued by the two countries and assess the opportunities for expanding Russia–China cooperation on the continent. The positions presented in this report reflect the different experiences of Russia and China in...
... “multilayeredness” that are characteristic of relations between Russia and Europe, and the corresponding “narrowing of contacts and aggravation of tone” for some time seriously worsened the situation in all previously successful areas of cooperation: in the economy, trade and industry, healthcare, and agriculture, social sphere, science and, of course, in the entire foreign policy course as a whole.
Nevertheless, it is interpersonal relations and the language of society today that are still one of the key and least conflicting tools for dialogue. Controversial and uncompromising positions, diverging views on the international arena, sanctions policy and rivalry in foreign markets do not add a positive touch to ...
... per 100,000
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases: 10,000 deaths or 30.0 per 100,000
Accidents: 9,700 deaths or 29.5 per 100,000
In 2018 there were 4,157 suicides in Canada: making it the 9
th
leading cause of death behind Alzheimer’s Disease. With an economy currently on life support in some sectors, the number of suicides will likely climb higher this year as people succumb to job loss, the inability to pay their mortgage or credit loans, and bankruptcies. In the last month alone, there have been ...
... Encyclopedia of Global Human Migration
.
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Annual Review of Sociology
42, pp. 451-471.
4
. Khor, N., Pang, L., Liu, C., Chang, F., Mo, D., Loyalka, P., and ... ... National Academy of Sciences
111(19), pp. 6928-6933.
10
. Oi, Jean C. 1995. “The Role of the Local State in China's Transitional Economy.”
The China Quarterly
144, pp. 1132-1149.
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. Walder, A. G. 2011. “From Control to Ownership: China's Managerial ...
... complete independence of the British Empire as its goal.
Dattesh Parulekar:
Indian Elections 2019: Towards New Economic and Political Goals
India has much to celebrate on the 70
th
anniversary on the Republic. In 2000 and 2017 alone, the country’s economy
grew
3.3 times, whilst its contribution to the gross world product in terms of purchasing power parity in 2017 (7.4 per cent) became the world’s third-largest after China and the United States’ respective indicators. Its
armed forces
are ...
... everyone. And Russia already has experience in this area.
Thus, the construction of a “mobilization economy” will be a key test for the legitimization of power – will it be enough to have “great power” as a national idea? A “mobilization economy” leads to the high level of government intervention in the lives of each individual and the sharp reduction in the possibility of implementing an “exit” strategy. This means a test of loyalty of the part of society that did not vote for Putin in the general election (approximately two-thirds of the population), and we know nothing about the level of their loyalty. So, this basis of sovereignty will face the most serious test in case the conflict between ...
... it to say that 10 of the most popular professions of 2010
did not exist
in 2004) makes it difficult to predict the impact on society. In this regard, the assessments of experts and international organizations range from
optimistic
to
alarmist
. However,... ... 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 ...
