Search results for 'Beyond the Crisis'
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Tanya Lokshina, Ray Thomas, Mary Mayer
The 2003 Chechen Presidential Election
This book explains why Russia's "War on Terror" shows little sign of success. It provides first-hand accounts of recent developments in Chechnya, and is supplemented with thematic summaries as well as...
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Barbara Müller
Non-violent Intervention in Crisis Areas with the Deployment of Volunteer Teams
Jorgen Johansen (Peace Activist, Trainer and Researcher, with expertise in the conflicts in Colombia, India, Congo, Cameron, China, Palestine, Israel, Indonesia, and other areas) writes on this book:
"The...
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Rebecca S Katz
A Case Study in Post-Soviet Media Representation of Politics, Crime and Corruption
The Republic of Georgia remains characterized by an unstable socio-political economy and by gross levels of economic inequality, corruption, ineffective policing, a weak judiciary, and a limited free and...
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Katja Yafimava
The Role of Gas Transit Pipelines
Until the February 2004 gas crisis when Gazprom cut off all gas flows via Belarus, the issue of Belarus as a gas transit route was not addressed seriously despite this country’s transiting around 20%...
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Nicola Melloni
The 1998 Russian Financial Crisis
The 1998 financial crisis in Russia was one of the most dramatic economic breakdowns of the last decade and symbolized the failure of the transition process as it had been conducted since the end of the...
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Saturated markets, a decreasing valuation of fashion by a part of consumers paired with missing impulses by some companies has brought along a crisis in retail, especially in Europe. Changing consumer...
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Yoon-Young Angela Choe
Options to be Considered Immediately by the Six Parties and Beyond. With a foreword by Robert L. Gallucci
On February 13th, 2007, North Korea agreed to dismantle its nuclear program in exchange for security guarantees and energy assistance. As a part of the strict give-and-take denuclearization process, the...
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Paul D'Anieri, Taras Kuzio
Democratization and Elections in Post-Communist Ukraine
Ukraine’s 2004 presidential election was falsified, spurring the Orange Revolution. To many observers, the Orange Revolution was a shock, and the stolen elections a recent development. However, both...
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Michael Chlistalla, Peter Gomber, Torsten Schaper
A Delphi Study on the Future of the European Post-Trading System in the Light of Globalization and the Financial Crisis
The European post-trading system has changed significantly in the last years and is currently facing enormous challenges, e.g. due to the financial crisis, stricter regulation of financial markets, globalization,...
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Kirill Galushko, Lidiia Smola
Analitiko-prognosticheskie issledovaniia
Ukraine of the last years has been an unpredictable country. The frequent changes of government and parliamentary coalitions as well as the contradictory foreign policy orientations of the main political...