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Plundered Natons? Successes and Failures in Natural Resource Extraction
NY :
Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Under the general editorship: P. Collier, T. Venables
This book consists of eight case studies investigating the political economy of the decision chain involved in natural resource extraction in resource-rich countries, where plunder rather than prosperity has become the norm. Some case studies reveal successes, while others show the decision chain to have failed disastrously.
Chapters
Krukov V. A., Yenikeyeff S., , in: Plundered Natons? Successes and Failures in Natural Resource Extraction.: NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
This book consists of eight case studies investigating the political economy of the decision chain involved in natural resource extraction in resource-rich countries, where plunder rather than prosperity has become the norm. Some case studies reveal successes, while others show the decision chain to have failed disastrously. ...
Added: October 13, 2022
Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2026.
Knowledge Diplomacy examines particular and cultural antecedents to the development of the field; and its predominance in western thinking and critiques. Crucially, it does so not just from the perspective of scholars but also by consciously drawing on the perspectives of practitioners.
The development of Knowledge Diplomacy allows for increased understanding of the role of research, ...
Added: August 7, 2026
IGI Global Scientific Publishing, 2026.
The landscape of international relations transforms as shifting power dynamics redefine global influence and governance. Traditional powers, once dominated by Western nations, are challenged by emerging economies and regional alliances asserting their roles globally. This shift, impacted by economic growth, technological advancements, and evolving geopolitical interests, disrupts established norms and institutions. As a result, the ...
Added: November 8, 2025
IGI Global, 2025.
The study of international relations aims to provide insight into power dynamics, competition, and establishing peace and partnerships in the global system following the First World War. The international system is influenced by its various actors' behavior, which constantly evolves due to structural shifts. Although the bipolar hegemonic system of the Cold War ended in ...
Added: April 3, 2025
Balashov D., Антиномии 2024 Т. 24 № 2 С. 26–46
In the early 21st century, effective altruism (EA), a philosophical and social movement developing ideas of classical utilitarianism, started to gain popularity in the USA and European countries. It has attracted followers from various fields, including philosophers, economists, entrepreneurs, and philanthropists. As its name implies, effectiveness (maximum benefit) of actions taken serves as the bedrock ...
Added: January 5, 2025
PIR Center, 2024.
This handbook is a unique analytical endeavor coming out at a remarkable time. On the one hand, the Western part of the world is hell-bent on demonizing or keeping quiet about Russia’s foreign, defense and security policies, trying to portray it as the bête noire of international relations, and muffling the voices of impartial Russian experts in the ...
Added: April 28, 2024
Ferguson I., International Affairs 2023 Vol. 99 No. 6 P. 2501–2502
In this edited volume, leading historians and theorists of International Relations (IR) interpret and critique the political thought of the late Nicholas Rengger (1959–2018), putting forward a perspective on world politics. Its title comes from a Michael Oakeshott essay, ‘On the civil condition’, which the philosopher published in 1975. The basic assumption of this book—for ...
Added: March 21, 2024
Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023.
This thoroughly revised Handbook presents an up-to-date political and philosophical history of global constitutionalism. By exploring the constitutional-like qualities of international affairs, it provides key insights into the evolving world order.
Through a sustained examination of current events, as well as an acknowledgement of the significance of early constitutional history, this erudite Handbook brings together contributions ...
Added: March 21, 2024
Routledge, 2024.
This book provides a quantitative and qualitative overview of the overall impact that the COVID-19 pandemic had on the capacity of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS countries) to reshape global climate governance and explore areas for mutual cooperation.
BRICS countries account for nearly 40% of the total world population and are thus intrinsic ...
Added: January 16, 2024
Prokopchuk E., Soloviev A., Vishnyakova V. et al., М.: ИКСА РАН, 2023.
The volume contains abstracts of the XXVII Scientific Conference of Koreanologists of Russia and CIS countries. It examines recent developments and new trends in the development of the situation on the Korean Peninsula, the political and economic situation in the DPRK and the Republic of Korea. Much attention is paid to the nuclear problem of ...
Added: January 6, 2024
Mozias P., BRICS Journal of Economics 2023 Vol. 4 No. 3 P. 321–333
The approach of development economics has been rarely used in the studies on the BRICS research agenda. This article is an attempt to fill this gap. According to development economics, the appearance of the BRICS association is fully justifiable, because large emerging economies have much in common. Russia is the most advanced country among the ...
Added: September 18, 2023
Dubrovskaya T., Kozhemyakin E., Critical Discourse Studies 2017 Vol. 14 No. 1 P. 90–107
This paper discusses the mechanisms of discursive construction of Russia’s
international relations and intendes to disclose such mechanisms in the media. Using the
framework by social constructionism and Critical Discourse Analysis, the authors view
international relations as a discursive phenomenon, which is constructed through a specific
repertoire of pragmalinguistic means. Drawing on the data from the Russia’s Foreign Ministry’s
speech ...
Added: September 16, 2023
Kucherenko S., Полития: Анализ. Хроника. Прогноз 2023 № 2(109) С. 6–18
The article discusses the transformation of the power concept in realism in IR studies. The term is used in its English orthography, because it took meanings throughout history, that are difficult to convey with a single word. Thanks to the criticism of political realism in recent decades, a consensus on the development of the concept ...
Added: July 26, 2023
Antonova I., Ashmarina A., Bakhturidze Z. et al., Routledge, 2023.
This handbook examines the study of international relations (IR) in Russia, giving a comprehensive analysis of historical, theoretic-conceptual, geographical, and institutional aspects. It identifies the place and role of Russia in global IR and discusses the factors that facilitate or impede the development of Russian IR studies. The contributors represent diverse Russian regions and IR ...
Added: June 9, 2023
Myasnikov S., Вестник Пермского университета. Серия: Политология 2022 Vol. 16 No. 4 P. 105–117
The article presents the results of an analysis of the strategic narratives of the President of Russia and representatives of the Russian Foreign Ministry in substantiating Russian military operations abroad. The analysis was carried out on the example of the military operation in Georgia (2008), special operation in Crimea (2014), Crimea joining Russia, and the ...
Added: November 21, 2022
Kapeliushnikov R., / Высшая школа экономики. Серия WP3 "Проблемы рынка труда". 2022. № WP3/2022/07.
The paper explores a curious phenomenon in the modern economic science — the intellectual confrontation between proponents of the “new” development economics (“randomistas”) and its opponents. The general message of the new approach is that the technique of randomized controlled experiments (RCT) should be considered the only truly scientific method and only this technique should be ...
Added: October 26, 2022
Krukov V. A., Yenikeyeff S., , in: Plundered Natons? Successes and Failures in Natural Resource Extraction.: NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
This book consists of eight case studies investigating the political economy of the decision chain involved in natural resource extraction in resource-rich countries, where plunder rather than prosperity has become the norm. Some case studies reveal successes, while others show the decision chain to have failed disastrously. ...
Added: October 13, 2022
Šrāders S., Terry G. S., Snegovaya M. et al., Tartu: University of Tartu Press, 2022.
The Baltic Defence College’s “Conference on Russia Papers 2022: A Restless Embrace of the Past?” begs a question. How will Russia’s past shape its present and future, both at home and abroad? This volume’s chapters include a wide range of Russian-related topics organized into four main subject groups. The first of these categories is Russian ...
Added: April 21, 2022
Krasnyak O., Place Branding and Public Diplomacy 2023 Vol. 19 No. 4 P. 551–553
The Cold War period continues to attract a considerable amount of attention from both scholars and practitioners alike. The issues upon which the tensions between the two superpowers originated in the second part of the twentieth century did not change at its core. ...
Added: March 23, 2022
Budnitskii O., , in: Russian International Relations In War And Revolution, 1914–22. Book 2: Revolution and Civil WarBook 2: Book 2: Revolution and Civil War.: Bloomington: Slavica Publishers, 2021. Ch. 7 P. 167–199.
The chapter is devoted to the Russian "diplomacy in exile", in other words, to the diplomacу of anti-Bolshevik forces during the Russian Civil War. ...
Added: June 12, 2021