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Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union, and Africa: New Perspectives on the Era of Decolonization, 1950s to 1990s
Berlin :
De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2023.
Under the general editorship: C. Saunders, H. A. Fonseca, L. Dallywater
Chapters
Alexandr Voevodskiy, , in: Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union, and Africa: New Perspectives on the Era of Decolonization, 1950s to 1990s.: Berlin: De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2023. Ch. 7 P. 179–197.
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Korotayev A., Guseinov R., Ustyuzhanin V., Political Studies Review 2026 P. 1–22
In recent years, a kind of “Berlin Wall” has emerged between the study of “revolutions” and “maximalist campaigns.” Although scholars in these two traditions analyze closely related phenomena, they use different terminology, bodies of literature, and empirical conventions. We argue that this separation is analytically costly and prevents fruitful dialogue. On one hand, this leads ...
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David J. L., Leonid Grinin, Korotayev A., Springer, 2026.
Complexity is widely acknowledged as a foundational and pivotal concept in Big History, offering a unifying lens through which to examine the emergence and development of systems—from particles and galaxies to life, civilizations, and beyond. Yet, despite its centrality, major gaps remain in how we define, measure, and interpret complexity across different phases and scales. ...
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Styrin E. M., Vigoda-Gadot E., Levitats Z., Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration, Великобритания 2026 P. 1–23
Governance is rapidly digitising, yet how citizens’ emotions towards algorithmic policy decision-making relate to their trust in governance institutions remains understudied. Drawing on the affect-as-information model, we argue that emotions constitute a distinct input into institutional trust judgements, operating both directly and by conditioning the weight of cognitive evaluations. We test this argument with a ...
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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
Kanaev E., Southeast Asia: Actual Problems of Development 2026 Vol. 1 No. 1(70) P. 153–163
The article aims to specify the degree of success Cambodia has been able to achieve in developing its Artificial Intelligence (AI) ecosystem seen through the prism of the state of the country’s non-digital assets as an outcome of its economic modernization, as well as of its digital projects and initiatives. Outlining the specifics of Cambodia’s ...
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Kanaev E., Юго-Восточная Азия: актуальные проблемы развития 2026 Т. 1 № 1(70) С. 22–36
The article aims to specify possibilities and system constraints of cooperation between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Russian Federation (RF) in the digital field, as well as assess its most promising directions. The nature and specifics of ASEAN’s policy in the digital field from the perspective of implementation of its initiatives ...
Added: July 30, 2026
Evgeny A. Kanaev, Berezhnaya A., Southeast Asia: Actual Problems of Development 2026 Vol. 2 No. 2(71) P. 175–187
The article examines the significance and the place of the digital tools developed by the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) in the priorities of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV). On tracing the RCEP’s origins, evolution, and interim outcomes obtained to date, the article proceeds with assessing the efficiency of the RCEP’s digital tools to ...
Added: July 30, 2026
Kanaev E., Southeast Asia: Actual Problems of Development 2026 Vol. 2 No. 2(71) P. 11–22
The author focuses on a strengthening digital component in the evolution of the South China Sea issue in the context of ASEAN’s evolving approach to the deepening contradictions and its policy in the digital field. On outlining ASEAN’s policy on the South China Sea issue, the author proceeds to exploring the digital agenda of ASEAN’s ...
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Федеральное государственное бюджетное учреждение науки Институт Европы Российской академии наук, 2026.
This edited volume examines the place of the European Union in the global economy during the first quarter of the twenty-first century against the backdrop of an emerging global economic order in which BRICS countries are playing an increasingly important role. Particular attention is paid to the evolution of the EU’s integration strategy – its ...
Added: July 30, 2026
Fain E., Korotayev A., Полис. Политические исследования 2026 № 4 С. 170–183
In the 21st century, the theory of revolutions has encountered a number of theoretical and practical difficulties, the main one being the conceptualization of revolutions. At the moment, the theory needs new focuses and approaches. One potential innovation that could enrich the theory is the concept of “coupvolution”, which emerged after the Egyptian Revolution of ...
Added: July 30, 2026
Biryuk D., Инженерные кадры - будущее инновационной экономики России 2025 № 1 С. 1677–1679
The article is devoted to the study of the impact of budget indicators on the level of development of public-private partnership (PPP) in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. The relationship between such indicators as budget security, the level of subsidization, gross regional product (GRP), the volume of public debt and the volume of ...
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Biryuk D., Инженерные кадры - будущее инновационной экономики России 2025 № 1 С. 1680–1682
The article examines the issues of accounting for budget obligations under public-private partnership (PPP) projects in budget reporting. International standards for budget accounting, such as the accrual method and the cash method, are highlighted. The analysis of the Russian experience is carried out, where the cash method is used, which limits the transparency of PPP ...
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Мкртчян Р. В., Международный дискуссионный клуб «Валдай» 2026
Проект «Четвертой республики» в Армении представляет собой попытку переосмысления постсоветской модели государственности, в рамках которой карабахский вопрос выступал центральным элементом национальной идентичности и ключевым ресурсом легитимации власти.
Победа партии «Гражданский договор» и инициируемая ею конституционная реформа, предполагающая отказ от прежних правовых оснований, фиксируют переход к модели, где приоритетом становится не идеологический проект, а императив выживания государства.
Инициатива ...
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Chernov D., Nesmashnyi A., Safranchuk I. et al., International Interactions 2026 Vol. 52 No. 4 P. 661–686
The determinants of foreign interventions, be they military interventions or other forms of foreign involvement, are important for modern international relations and conflict studies. Nevertheless, major methodological problems with the analysis are often overlooked. This paper proposes modeling interventions as a two-stage decision-making process. The first stage determines whether a specific target state is intervenable ...
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Bondarenko D. M., Диалог со временем 2026 № 95 С. 36–49
The article explores contemporary African Americans’ perspectives on the Revolution and its legacy, and in particular their understanding of the social, political, and cultural foundations of their country laid during that era and the results achieved on those foundations, both for American society as a whole and for its Black community. Assessments of the past, ...
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Любков В. Д., Диалог со временем 2026 № 95 С. 136–150
The article analyzes the function of free time in the autobiographical text of P.S. Baturin "The Life and Adventures of G.S.S.B. A Fair Tale Written by Himself. Volume III". It shows the desire of an educated official of Catherine's Russia to emphasize in his memoirs the rational use of free time devoted to the needs ...
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Пермь: [б.и.], 2026.
В сборнике представлены материалы Научно-практической конференции «Царствование Императора Николая I в истории России. К 200-летию восшествия на Престол», состоявшейся в Перми 10–11 июня 2025 г. Конференция была организована Администрацией губернатора Пермского края, Пермской митрополией Русской Православной Церкви, Фондом содействия возрождению традиций милосердия и благотворительности «Елисаветинско-Сергиевское просветительское общество» и Агентством по делам архивов Пермского края на ...
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Galimullin E. Z., Алексеев Д. В., Вестник МГИМО Университета 2026 Т. 19 № 3 С. 142–163
The return of Donald Trump to the White House has exposed a growing mismatch between the United States’ “America First” policy and its established role as the principal coordinator of transatlantic sanctions. This article examines how US–EU sanctions coordination changed in 2025 and assesses whether these changes represent temporary policy divergence or a more systemic ...
Added: July 20, 2026
Курылев К. П., Degterev D. A., Грачиков Е. Н. et al., Постсоветские исследования 2022 Т. 5 № 7 С. 754–763
This article is based on the understanding of the results of a one-name methodological
seminar organized and conducted by the Department of Theory and History of International Relations
of the Russian Academy of Sciences on September 8, 2022, in which the issues of the nature and
features of the USSR foreign policy for the period from 1971 to ...
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Nikonov A., Technology and Language 2026 Vol. 7 No. 2 P. 104–117
This article focuses on the notion of authenticity as a characteristic of a specific vocal technique that has its own specificity in relation to Estrada song. The significance of vocal authenticity in the Soviet context is shaped by cultural, technological, and ideological factors functioning within specific historical circumstances. As a case study, the article examines ...
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L.: Bloomsbury Academic, 2026.
The book focuses on the concept of “socialist market, a cornerstone of political economy in Soviet-type societies undergoing economic reforms from the 1950s onward. Encouraged by the success of non-capitalist mixed economies, market reformers (also called 'market socialists') offered the communist ruling elites a remedy for the persistent crises of the planned economy. Besides optimal planning and ...
Added: June 10, 2026
Marina M. Panikar, Beloshitskaya N., Polar Journal 2026 Vol. 16 No. 1 P. 145–161
The article attempts to explore the process of formation of a new sphere of relations between the USSR and the countries of the Arctic region in the period from 1986 to 1990. The April Plenum of the Communist Party Central Committee in 1985 laid the groundwork for a profound transformation in both the domestic and ...
Added: May 15, 2026
Smirnov A., Демографическое обозрение 2025 Т. 12 № 2 С. 35–68
The article summarizes the application of the network approach to the analysis of migration flows in Russia from the late Soviet period to 2023. Eleven datasets on international, interregional and intermunicipal migration flows were compiled. The data sources include the 1989, 2002, 2010, 2020 (2021) population censuses, vital statistics for 2015-2023 and the “digital traces” ...
Added: March 18, 2026
Young P. I., Scando-Slavica 2025 Vol. 71 No. 2 P. 200–224
Not only Soviet and Swedish soldiers, but also Soviet and Swedish ideologies of war clashed on the battlefield in the Soviet-Finnish “Winter” War of 1939–1940. This article explores Soviet and Swedish ideologies of war in the Winter War in a comparative context. It shows that both Soviet and Swedish participants viewed the war as a ...
Added: March 2, 2026