... the world, yet one that receives relatively little notice. As usual, international relations will manifest, alongside adventure, riches and danger, in an account of our protagonist who nearly became this country’s remnant. Welcome To Congo!
Interview: 25/08/13; Moscow, Russia; Interviewer: Igor Ossipov; Interviewee: Mr X
Why Congo?
As any geologist would highlight D.R. Congo is an incredible place for minerals, as it features every single element from the Mendeleev’s Periodic ...
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- 29.08.2013 00:02:00
Academic community increasingly uses Internet and particularly blogging platforms to share information, engage in discussions and test ideas. In an interview with the Russian International Affairs Council, Daniel Nexon, Associate Professor in the Department of Government and the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and founder of the prominent blog on world politics Duck of Minerva,...
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- 05.07.2013 05:55:00
Euro-Russian relations have strained over the recent years in energy matters as certain vested interests shifted perceptions into the realm of what I would express as logical fallacies – technically making sense to a degree, but only when numerous caveats are applied. In this post issues like energy weaponry (enormous logical fallacy in my opinion), market reforms, looming contract litigation, energy security, shale revolution and domestic challenges will be discussed. In this post I am joined...
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- 14.06.2013 00:32:00
... independent non-partisan think-tank ResPublica Trust where he works on alternative political economies. He is also a frequent contributor to both UK and international press, including International Herald Tribune, The Guardian and The Moscow Times.
*Interviewer: Igor Ossipov / Date: 30/04/2013
Crisis of Capitalism, Identity and Finance
In the last two years Europe has lingered around recession with little light at the end of the tunnel. Is someone, or something, responsible for this crisis?...
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- 01.05.2013 17:46:00
Dr. Rico Isaacs is an expert in Central Asian politics and a senior lecturer in International Studies at the Oxford Brookes University. His research concerns the political sociology of Central Asia in particular the interaction between formal and informal politics, institutions and practices and the discursive construction and interpretation of power and authority in the region. Dr Isaacs is the author of Party System Formation in Kazakhstan: Between Formal and Informal Politics (2011, Routledge)...
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- 18.02.2013 14:58:00
