Economics and politics of “old confrontation” in the New Arctic

The modern Arctic is becoming the strategic space and area of competition of many powers, the arena of political confrontations between Arctic and non-Arctic states. Arctic research has moved from the sphere of science to the sphere of geopolitics and geoeconomics and is of strategic importance in the system of national security. Climatic fluctuations in the Arctic have increased the availability of hydrocarbon, biological and other resources, and improved ice conditions in the water area of the Northern Sea Route. The study analyzes the Arctic policy of Western European and North American countries in the conditions of the “New Arctic”. An overview of strategic documents on ensuring the spatial development.

The Masquerade in the Marketplace: dele jegede's Introspections and Reflections In Colors and Lines

This essay is about the art and life of dele jegede, one of the foremost Yoruba artists and cartoonists. The essay argues that dele jegede's oeuvre is a mirror of his life experiences and journeys depicting contemporary conditions of lifestyles, economics, and politics that he has witnessed, the harsh conditions of life in Africa, and the consciousness of exile. A striking focus of dele jegede's art is on underde­velopment and its consequences, particularly on poverty, politics and policies of change, identity, and violence. The discussion is centered on the artist as a scholar; the artist-scholar in Africa (Nigeria); and the artist-scholar in the Diaspora (United States). In each of the tiers, dele jegede comes across variously as a committed art­ist, a spectator, an interrogator, an advocate, an environmentalist, and much more.

Pandemics and Economy- A Review

Just like any other directly quantifiable natural or man-made disasters, contagious diseases have had long lasting effects on the economics and politics of the world throughout history. The COVID-19 pandemic, apparently, has led to a substantial upshot on the world economy, a complete tangible analysis of which still remains incomplete. In this light, it is essential to take a look back into the preceding pandemics and acquire knowledge on the subsequent socio-economic impacts. This research assesses some of the most infamous diseases and their impacts on economics through a systematic review of literature. Thereafter we evaluate the potential impacts of COVID-19 till date and probable ways of overcoming these impacts. In order to escape the vicious cycle of economic instability, it is essential to prevent scores of unemployment across various sectors through government support and policy interventions.

Europe's far-right educational projects and their vision for the international order

Figures like Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and former French National Front leader Marion Maréchal are seeking to establish what we call a new globalist illiberal order. The globalist illiberal agenda extends elements of the globalist project while reclaiming a radicalized view of Christian democracy. Europe's far-right views the global order as composed of strong nations who need to defend their sovereignty on ‘cultural’ issues while protecting their common Christian roots. We trace their project by focusing on two new institutions of higher education, Hungary's National University of Public Service Ludovika (Ludovika-UPS) and the Institut de sciences sociales, économiques et politiques (Institute of Social Sciences, Economics and Politics—ISSEP), based in France and Spain. Through these institutions, globalist illiberals aim to cultivate new leaders outside the liberal ‘mainstream’ and redefine the meaning of Christian democracy. We conclude that surging nationalism among mid- to small powers is not resulting in deglobalization but is fostering illiberal globalization, which has no place for those who do not fit in their exclusionary vision of Christian Europe.

New Factors of Organizational Design in a Digital Society

In this paper, we propose an invariant system of factors for the organizational structure of activities in all spheres of society's life in order to systematize new organizational factors that arise during the implementation of the national program "Digital Economy of the Russian Federation" and other national development programs of Russia until 2024, integrated with it. The proposed invariant system of organizational factors in society is based on the results of the analysis of organizational concepts in the system of social sciences. The article examines the nature and mechanisms of its development. In the invariant system of organizational factors in society, four groups of antinomian factors are defined, each of which can enter into antinomy relations with any other group of antinomian factors. These groups of antinomian factors are formed, firstly, in equipment and nature, secondly, in culture and art, thirdly, in economics and politics, fourthly, in science and religion. Equipment and nature give rise to give rise to a group of conditioning factors, since these factors determine the means of activity. Culture and art generate determinants factors, as these factors determine the way one operates. Economics and politics give rise to executing factors, since these factors determine the technology of activity. Finally, science and religion give rise to setting factors, as they determine the methodology of activity. For organizational construction and implementation of activities in society, it is required to establish a continuous simultaneous antinomian correspondence between each pair of groups of antinomy organizational factors and ensure their same continuous and simultaneous synthesis. This synthesis is carried out in people or through people who form society, turning them into a living social organization of the continuous implementation of society's activities, which forms its structure. In accordance with this representation of an invariant system of organizational factors in society, we consider and systematize new factors of organizational design of modern enterprises, institutions and organizations, which are formed in the course of the comprehensive implementation of thirteen national programs. It turns out that the comprehensive implementation of all federal projects of these national programs forms a fundamentally new content of the structure of the invariant system of organizational factors in society, which is characterized by the appearance of imbalances in the structure. This creates for all enterprises, institutions and organizations a constantly accelerating actualization of the problem of their organizational designing. The problem of design organizational research is substantiated as a task of operational organizational modeling for the purpose of operational construction of relevant organizational models, which in turn provide the same operational organizational design of the current activities of enterprises, institutions and organizations. It is concluded that it is necessary to formulate new methodological principles for applying the methodology of a systematic approach to solving these research problems.