Financial technologies in the field of retail payments: Current trends and perspectives in EU and Russia

2018 ◽  
pp. 48-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. V. Trofimov
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Systems Development ◽  
Competitive Environment ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Payment Systems ◽  
Payment Card ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Retail Payments

The article analyzes tendencies of national payment systems development in the European Union and Russia: electronic and deposit money, bank cards, financial technologies in the field of retail payments. The author identifies factors that stimulate the development of cashless retail payments and the national payment card systems in the European Union, as well as the problems and prospects of this sector forming in Russia. Recommendations on the development of a competitive environment and financial technologies in the field of retail payments in Russia are proposed.

In the shadow of constructed borderlands

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susann Handke
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Market Integration ◽  
Economic Governance ◽  
The European Union ◽  
European Economic ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
One Belt One Road ◽  
The Future ◽  
Infrastructure Investments ◽  
Institutional Ambiguity

In Europe, China’s One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative primarily interacts with the institutional and physical landscape of the ‘shared neighbourhood’ between Russia and the European Union (EU). Norms and institutions in these ‘borderland’ states reflect an institutional ambiguity between the Eurasian and EU brands of market integration. In this chapter, the structures of economic governance in this region and their interaction with OBOR are examined from institutional and infrastructural perspectives. It is argued that OBOR is incompatible with current trends of European economic governance. In Ukraine and the 16+1 states, the interplay between Chinese state-controlled entities and oligarchic elites deconstructs formal norms and institutions and reinforces informal structures. Instability in the borderlands increases, while infrastructure investments extend the shadowy character of OBOR-induced practices into the future.

Brexit a liberalna teoria stosunków międzynarodowych.

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 9-20
Author(s):  
Artur Niedźwiecki
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
The Other ◽  
Liberal Theory ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Decomposition Processes ◽  
Limited Applicability ◽  
Liberal Approach

Hereby paper is dedicated to the issue of Brexit in the context of liberal theory of international relations, mainly by adoption of the qualitative method of textual examination of selected works, devoted to the abovementioned paradigm. The hypothesis of this article is a statement that liberal approach has a limited applicability to description of community disintegration mechanisms, including Brexit as their unquestionable syndrome. Existing theories of European integration, of which liberalism is one of the most influential theoretical schemes, reveal several malfunctions in exploration of Union’s decomposition processes, however, on the other hand, some of their specific components still remain valid. The above issue exposes a demand for investigating new tools and researching methods to scrutinize current trends in the European Union that would allow to review the present state of this organization in a more adequate manner.

scholarly journals EMPLOYMENT OF UKRAINE'S POPULATION IN THE CONTEXT OF PROTECTION OF ITS LABOR POTENTIAL

2018 ◽  
pp. 66-72
Author(s):  
Yevhen Kachan ◽  
Anatolii Koshil
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Regional Employment ◽  
Quantitative Parameters ◽  
Active Population ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Labor Potential

The article deals with the issues of employment of economically active population. For the period 2011–2017 the dynamics of the number of employed population is analyzed. The current trends in employment in the countries of the European Union are odserved. The reasons for reducing the number of employed are found. The quantitative parameters of labor potential of Ukraine are calculated as well as the features of regional employment are analyzed.

Revisiting Europe in search of regional cohesion

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
John Agnew
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Current Status ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Global Competitiveness ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
The Future ◽  
East And West ◽  
Primary Focus ◽  
North And South

Abstract:The regions–cohesion nexus focuses on how much people and place “prosperity” cannot be readily distinguished but are intimately connected. After reviewing some older sources on this logic, the article examines the current status of social cohesion within the European Union and what the future might hold depending on how much a crucial balance between global competitiveness and social cohesion is restored as the centerpiece of the supranational union. Current trends point in different directions, so critical choices will have to be made if the European Union as a whole is to survive and prosper. The income and fiscal divides between East and West and North and South should be the primary focus for rehabilitating the regions–cohesion nexus.Resumen: El nexo regiones–cohesión se centra en la difi cultad de distinguir las personas de los lugares en “prosperidad”, porque están intrínsecamente conectados. Después de revisar algunas referencias clásicas sobre esta lógica, este artículo examina el estado actual de la cohesión social dentro de la UE y lo que puede deparar el futuro dependiendo de cuánto se puede restablecer un equilibrio crucial entre la competitividad global y la cohesión social, como pieza central de la unión supranacional. Las tendencias actuales apuntan en diferentes direcciones. Será necesario tomar decisiones críticas para que la UE en su conjunto pueda sobrevivir y prosperar. El ingreso y las divisiones fiscales entre Oriente y Occidente, Norte y Sur, deberían ser el foco principal de atención para rehabilitar el nexo regiones–cohesión.Résumé: L’étude du lien entre régions et cohésion montre l’interdépendance qui existe entre la prospérité des peuples de celles des lieux. A partir d’une revue de la bibliographie sur ce sujet, cet article examine l’état actuel de la cohésion sociale à l’intérieur de l’Union européenne. Il s’intéresse également à son futur et à l’importance de la restauration d’un équilibre entre la compétitivité globale et la cohésion sociale en faveur de l’union supranationale. Les tendances actuelles indiquent différentes directions de telle manière que des choix critiques devront être faits pour que l’EU dans son ensemble survive et prospère. Le nivelement des disparités salariales et fiscales entre l’Est et l’Ouest et le Nord et le Sud devrait être le premier objectif visant à réhabiliter le lien entre régions et cohésion.

Current Trends of the European Union Integration Policy As a Reaction to the Refugee and Migrant Crisis 2015

2021 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 410-428
Author(s):  
Andrej Kiner
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Refugee Crisis ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Integration Policy ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Key Policy ◽  
Employment Education ◽  
The Eu

Investing any resources and energy in integration policies today could contribute to making the European Union a more prosperous, cohesive, and inclusive place for society. However, notwithstanding the efforts made, third-country nationals continue to fare worse than domestic citizens in terms of employment, education, and social inclusion outcomes. The article examines and subsequently reviews various trends in integrating foreigners (primarily third-countries nationals and asylum seekers) on social and economic level after the outbreak of migrant and refugee crisis in 2015 until the present day. Our research suggests that the concerned group of immigrants continue to face barriers in the education system, on the labour market, and in accessing decent housing and adequate health care. All of the aforementioned aspects have become the main focus of all parties involved. Through funding, initiatives, and specific measures undertaken by both the EU and Member States with NGOs strengthen and support integration across key policy areas, albeit deficiencies are still observed.

scholarly journals Europe and Russia in the post-coronavirus world

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 430-448
Author(s):  
Timofei Bordachev ◽  
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Balance Of Power ◽  
New Order ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Global Context ◽  
Bilateral Relations ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
The Stability ◽  
The Cold War

The article analyzes the interaction between central phenomena of the science of international relations such as the balance of power and international institutions on the example of the development of the European Union (EU) and Russia-EU relations in a changing global context, which was catalyzed by the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. The change in the balance of power and its significance in the development of institutions of cooperation at the regional and global levels leads, in the author’s opinion, to the necessity to reassess the possibilities of institutional interaction and the stability of institutions as such. After the end of the Cold War, relations between Russia and the EU developed, within the framework of the author’s main theoretical paradigm, as part of attempts to include Russia in the balance of power underlying European integration. Current trends point to a relative decrease of the importance of this problem in the context of realizing the main interests of Russia and the leading EU states, which in the long term may allow them to move towards a more stable common European order. The new order would be less dependent on the actual bilateral relations between Russia and the European Union, but more dependent on the interests of both actors in a wide global environment.

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