Russia’s openness to the world: The unpredicted consequences of the country’s liberalization

2012 ◽  
Vol 45 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 355-361
Author(s):  
Vladimir Shlapentokh
Keyword(s):  
Positive Impact ◽  
External World ◽  
Democratic Institutions ◽  
Current State ◽  
The World ◽  
Soviet Russia ◽  
State Of Affairs

The author challenges the dogma that complete openness of the country to the external world has only a positive impact on its current state of affairs and its future. He uses post-Soviet Russia to show that in several respects openness, in particularly systematic emigrations of active people from the country, creates a lot of the problems which, however, can be partially solved if society has true democratic institutions.

Globalization of Economy: qualis es et quo vadis?

2011 ◽  
pp. 16-24
Author(s):  
V. Pan'kov
Keyword(s):  
World Economy ◽  
Historical Perspective ◽  
Transnational Corporations ◽  
Main Subject ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Current State ◽  
The World ◽  
Quo Vadis ◽  
State Of Affairs

In a long historical perspective, the globalization of the economy is, no doubt, the future of the mankind. However, we should not overlook the contradiction that has dramatically intensified as a result of the 2008-2009 recession. This is the contradiction between globalization as an objective process with mostly positive effects and its model that is being implemented today (namely, the policy of globalization). Furthermore, we can propose a number of important arguments in favor of a statement that at the current state of affairs the globalization has exhausted itself. Nobody can exclude a short-term braking down of the globalization progress nor even a U-turn, albeit temporary, to a de-globalization. Under unfavorable circumstances such a reverse movement can cover the entire period up to 2020. The author states that transnational corporations are the main subject of the world economy which will the most actively oppose such a development.

scholarly journals Situación actual de la gestación por sustitución

2014 ◽  
pp. 897
Author(s):  
Silvia Vilar González
Keyword(s):  
Current State ◽  
Complex Process ◽  
The World ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
Do So

Premio de artículos jurídicos «GARCÍA GOYENA» (Curso 2013-2014). Segundo accésit La gestación por sustitución es una de las últimas opciones a la que acuden aquellas personas que quieren formar una familia y que no disponen de otros medios para ello. En España, es una práctica prohibida y sancionada con la nulidad de pleno derecho. No obstante, la viabilidad para lograr la inscripción de la filiación del nacido, hace que muchos sigan optando por ella. El presente trabajo realiza un estudio de la situación legal existente tanto en nuestro país como en el resto del mundo, con mención a los múltiples problemas que los interesados pueden encontrar a lo largo de este complicado proceso.Surrogate motherhood is one of the latest options requested by couples willing to raise a family with no other means to do so. Surrogacy is illegal in Spain and regarded as null and void. Nevertheless, the viability to achieve the registration of the child’s parentage makes many people opt for it. This paper analyses the current state of affairs in our country as well as in the rest of the world, including the multiple implications involved in such a complex process.

Conclusion: Technocracy at the End of the World

2020 ◽  
pp. 251-258
Author(s):  
Anders Esmark
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Political Decision ◽  
Current State ◽  
The World ◽  
The Face ◽  
Important Challenge ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
Political Decision Making

Taking up the case of climate change, the conclusion considers the argument for moretechnocracy in the face of ‘the end world as we know it’. Climate change is probably the strongest case for a technocratic model of political decision-making. At the very least, insufficient political adherence to the scientific evidence on climate change is an almost commonsensical part of the problem of in the current state of affairs. While fully acknowledging this problem, the chapter argues that attention to the destructive and mutually reinforcing interplay of technocracy and populism is necessary also in to the all-important challenge of climate change.

scholarly journals Faculty Perspective on Scholarly Communication

1997 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth Field
Keyword(s):  
World Wide Web ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Scholarly Communication ◽  
The Internet ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Current State ◽  
Canadian Context ◽  
The World ◽  
Il Y A ◽  
State Of Affairs

Abstract: The means and method of scholarly communication are changing as new and faster forms of communication become accessible to scholars. The potential for electronic scholarly communication via the Internet and the World Wide Web to positively affect the current state of affairs is very good. It may provide the means to address the hegemonic tendencies of the large for-profit scholarly publishers. Many matters need to be addressed though. Some of these are: copyright and ownership of intellectual property; the methods used for assessing the work of scholars; development of the communications infrastructure, both within and among institutions; and provision of equipment and services to those in the scholarly community. This paper examines these issues in the Canadian context. Résumé: Les moyens et méthodes de communication savante sont en train de changer à mesure que des formes de communication nouvelles et plus rapides deviennent accessible aux chercheurs. La communication savante électronique à l'Internet et au World Wide Web a un très fort potentiel d'avoir un impact positif sur l'état actuel des choses. En effet, la communication électronique pourrait permettre aux chercheurs de contrebalancer les tendances hégémoniques des grandes maisons d'édition académiques à but lucratif. Il est nécessaire dans ce contexte d'adresser plusieurs questions. Parmi celles-ci, il y a : le droit d'auteur et l'appartenance de propriétés intellectuelles; les méthodes utilisées pour évaluer les ouvrages académiques; le développement d'une infrastructure pour la communication, autant au sein d'institutions qu'entre celles-ci; et la fourniture d'équipement et de services à la communauté savante. Cet article examine ces questions dans un contexte canadien.

ON THE PROSPECTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AUTOMOBILE TOURISM IN RUSSIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 73 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-120
Author(s):  
A.V. IGNATOV ◽  
◽  
A.A. BIRKALOV ◽  
V.N. BASKOV ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Positive Impact ◽  
Intelligent Transport System ◽  
Intelligent Transport ◽  
Automatic Construction ◽  
Flow Parameters ◽  
Current State ◽  
The World ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Main Factors ◽  
Transport Flow

The article considers the current state and prospects for the development of automobile tour-ism in the world, the Russian Federation and the Saratov region in particular. It is justified that the development of automobile tourism has a positive impact on the economy. Modern prerequisites are presented and the main factors limiting the growth of automobile tourism are analyzed. It is shown that the main direction of the development of automobile tourism is the creation of automobile tourist clusters in favorable territories. It is proposed to develop an intelligent transport system for automatic construction of autotouristic routes based on the principles of categorizing transport flow parameters.

scholarly journals Reflections on the Kurdish diaspora: An interview with Dr Kendal Nezan

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-216
Author(s):  
Mari Toivanen
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
The Past ◽  
Current State ◽  
The World ◽  
Independent Institute ◽  
State Of Affairs

In this interview, Dr Kendal Nezan, the director of the Kurdish Institute in Paris, reflects on the development of the Kurdish diaspora, the current state of affairs concerning Kurdish movements in Europe and the past and present of the Kurdish Institute in Paris, first established in 1983. Nezan notes that the institute has been successful in creating a non-partisan public space open for Kurds from all corners of the world as well as to others interested in Kurdish history, language, culture and politics. Furthermore, the institute has been an important platform to raise awareness about the Kurdish cause in Europe. The continued functioning of the institute remains essential and, according to Nezan, not least for the second generation diaspora to be able to engage for the Kurdish cause. To this end, the institute has been negatively affected by the austerity policies of the French authorities and launched a donation campaign to draw contributions to ensure that it can continue to operate as an independent institute.

Address by the President of the Faculty of Actuaries. The World Needs Actuaries

2009 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-29
Author(s):  
Ronald Stewart Bowie
Keyword(s):  
Presidential Address ◽  
Current State ◽  
The World ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
Areas Of Interest

ABSTRACTThis presidential address looks at the current state of affairs, the opportunities and threats to our traditional areas of interest and the importance of developing in wider fields. It pays tribute to all the volunteers who help make it the organisation that it is whilst highlighting the need for all Fellows and students to be engaged with its future.

‘Patriot’ games? Visions of a post-liberal international order and how to keep peace

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 275-279
Author(s):  
Johanna Sumuvuori
Keyword(s):  
Balance Of Power ◽  
International Order ◽  
Bad News ◽  
Small States ◽  
National Sovereignty ◽  
Multilateral Cooperation ◽  
Current State ◽  
The World ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
State Relations

Declaring the so-called Liberal International Order, and Multilateralism in general, obsolete has become fashionable after the Russian invasion of Crimea and Eastern Ukraine in 2014. Among others, Russian and American leaders have emphasized competition and the uncompromising quest for the national interest as the basic and natural elements of inter-state relations. This worldview is reflected within societies throughout the world in populist nationalist movements and smacks of ‘strongman politics’ with its undertones of toxic masculinity, in which the only check against outright conflict is the balance of power.This worldview is, clearly, bad news for small states. Alternatives such as Xi Jinping’s ‘Community for the Shared Future of Mankind’ would also, at closer look, seem to refer back to the primacy of national sovereignty – in this case that of one particular state, China. Instead, small states with open economies such as Finland would prioritize strengthening multilateral cooperation and the rules-based international order. Adapting the present international order rather than abandoning it wholesale is key to overcoming these challenges. That adaptation should be driven by a constructive critique of the current state of affairs. But we also need to look critically at the ‘brave new worlds’ that populists and strongmen are promoting. An international order based on the balance of power and a search for absolute national sovereignty will rob us of the ability to overcome global threats as well as to seize opportunities provided by global civil society activism and scientific innovations.

scholarly journals The State of the Muslim Ummah in Contemporary World

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Babayo Sule
Keyword(s):  
Muslim World ◽  
Economic Prosperity ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
Current State ◽  
Leadership Failure ◽  
The World ◽  
The Subject ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
Present World

The current state of affairs in the Muslim Ummah called for concern by every conscious Muslim contemporarily. The Islamic civilisation which introduced the whole world into the world of research and development, political organisation, economic prosperity and equality as well as cultural enrichment is now languishing in backwardness and crises. This study analysed the current condition of the Muslim Ummah in the present world based on the predicaments that are bedeviling the Islamic world. The problem is the nature and situation in which all the values and promises of Islamic civilisation are not utilised by the Muslims which threw them into their current comatose condition. The research used secondary sources of data such as the Quran, Hadith, books, journals and reports and statistics from organisations and agencies. The data collected were analysed critically using statistical and descriptive-analytical method to discuss some important themes of the subject matter. The work discovered that the current state of affairs of the Muslim Ummah is undesirable. It is dominated and encircled by internal crises, leadership failure, disunity, economic, political, social, cultural, military and technological backwardness in comparison with their Western counterparts. This has not been natural. The Decline of leadership in the Muslim world, Crusades and colonialism contributed to the predicaments of the Muslim world. The work suggested that the previous generation of Muslims faced trials and tribulations but they persevered and faced the challenges until God have mercy on them and rescue their situation. The same should be adopted by the present Ummah in dealing with its problems

Law and/or/as Civility

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith J. Bybee
Keyword(s):  
Rule Of Law ◽  
The United States ◽  
Science Volume ◽  
Annual Review ◽  
Publication Date ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Current State ◽  
The World ◽  
Traditional Patterns ◽  
State Of Affairs

The United States, like many countries around the world today, is experiencing the disruption of traditional patterns of governance and the breaking of norms of everyday behavior. If we identify the norms of governance with the rule of law, and if we consider the norms of everyday behavior to constitute civility, then we can approach the current state of affairs by asking how law and civility relate to one another. I survey and discuss three different understandings of the law/civility relationship: law and civility, law or civility, and law as civility. Each of these understandings is an analytical resource, and as such, each understanding captures a facet of a complex relationship and provides a way to think about our current age of unrest. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Law and Social Science, Volume 17 is October 2021. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.

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