... mean, it's harder now to use civil industry for military needs as it used to be in 20th century.
Ivan Timofeev:
Russia and Modernization: The Enduring Legacy of Peter the Great
You also just wrote a very interesting piece about the legacy of Peter ... ... up within the next few years, it could face serious consequences in global geopolitics?
Well, Peter the Great dealt with the West, which was not politically unified. He had allies in the West, and when he started war with Sweden, he had Denmark as an ...
... objectively hampered by geography. Kamchatka expeditions and a series of explorations of Siberia and the Arctic were organized. However, unlike in the West, these ventures did not serve as a source of modernization for Russia. Moreover, Russia’s accelerated modernization along Western lines and the growing backwardness of its neighbors became an important condition for the expansion of the empire, both militarily and peacefully.
The flip side was a colossal loss of life, the accelerated enslavement of the peasantry, and the ...
... breakthrough in Russia's political and economic relations with Japan have thus far proven to be unfounded. Additionally, Asian FDI is mostly concentrated in the Russian energy sector.
So, the task of finding an international resource to aid Russia’s modernization is as relevant as ever. It would be safe to assume that China, India, the ASEAN countries and other non-Western actors will become increasingly viable as such a resource over the next five years. Still, it is by no means a given that Russia will be able to position itself as the most attractive target for Asian investment. It any case, it is vital that ...
... depends on the outcome of the crisis: on whether it ends in compromise or a long-term chronic conflict between Russia and the West, in a strengthening the Ukrainian statehood, or in its ultimate collapse. But whatever the final scene of the Ukrainian tragedy,... .... Here are just a few that seem to be of particular significance.
Where can international resources be found to aid Russia's modernization?
Throughout the post-Soviet period, Europe (and to a much lesser extent – the United States) remained the main ...
