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Zabrodin: Disputed outcome of US presidential election polarizes world leaders.
Mass protests break out in Kyrgyzstan following parliamentary elections.
Belarussian President Aleksandr Lukashenko begins sixth term as president.
Xinhua: Chinese government launches national effort to raise awareness about health, well being.
FEATURED NEWS STORIES CIIE Focuses on China’s Openness to World Five-Year Plan Shows New Development Pattern POLITICS & CULTURE Politics Xi Leads China in Opening Up Efforts Society Society Helps Elderly Cross ‘Digital Divide’ Hong Kong HK to Implement Security Law Without Fear HK Strongly Refutes US Analysis of Security Law Development & Reform Five-Year […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITORS Now You See It, Now You Don’t: Ghost Soldiers, Unofficial Hospital Visits, Secret Inaugurations FEATURED NEWS STORIES Baku, Yerevan Resume Hostilities Kremlin, Navalny Face Off in War of Words Belarussian Standoff Continues THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Politics Putin Submits Bills to Duma that Revise Procedures for Appointing Officials, Making Judicial Rulings (Read […]
Letter From the Editors, Volume 72, Number 39-40
Russian President Vladimir Putin submitted eight bills to the State Duma intended as legislative implementation of the constitutional amendments adopted earlier this year.
POLITICS The Korean States’ Policy on Fighting the CoronavirusK. Asmolov Japan and South Korea: Allies, Partners, Adversaries? The Anatomy of RelationsV. Kistanov China’s Involvement in Global Governance: Historical Background and Current PhaseYa. Leksyutina The Pitfalls of Russia’s Military Cooperation with the United States and ChinaYu. Morozov PRC Policy in Southeast AsiaR. Polonchuk ECONOMICS China’s Energy […]
What is the role of ideas in modernization in general and in post-Soviet modernization in particular? There is no consensus among experts on the contribution of ideas to the building of new institutions and practices in various countries in various historical periods. They answer differently the question of whether ideas cause transformations or the other way around. However, when it comes to political, economic and social transformations in post-Soviet Russia, the prevailing view is that ideas were secondary to the interests of key players.