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A Burning Wake-Up Call
Boris KagarlitskyRussian authorities and much of the Russian public have pretended up to now that there were no costs to privatisation of forests and that there was no climate crisis. We have to hope...
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Norma Rae Would Be Proud
Boris KagarlitskyWhile intellectuals debate whether Russia has a civil society, union leaders created an organization independent of government control with thousands of members.read more
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Prokhorov’s Shock Modernization
Boris KagarlitskyThe public outrage that was caused by the leakage of a controversial amendment to the Labor Code in Russia might backfire beyond what the unions anticipated.read more
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The Return of Fascism
Boris KagarlitskyThe logic of Russian fascists has always stood in sharp contrast to the logic and traditions of the development of the nation.read more
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Global Crisis: A Russian Perspective
Interview information Interviewee(s): Boris KagarlitskyThe world systems analysis is failing to explain and respond to the current crisis in global capitalism.Multimediaread more
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Subtitle: The role of Russia MultimediaThe economic elites are turning to a neoliberal Keynesianism to save the crisis of capitalism, which is doomed to fail because it does not address its root...
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Radical Retirees
Boris KagarlitskyRussia's youth are much less radical or politically active than Russia's retirees - putting up little resistance as officials gradually encroach upon their rights and entitlements.read...
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Learning from Fukushima: India must put nuclear power on hold
Praful BidwaiAs the Japanese nuclear crisis escalates in severity, and the myth about nuclear energy being safe is exposed - movements around the world are calling for a change of policy and...
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Privatization Follies
Boris KagarlitskyWho will benefit from a second wave of privatisation in Russia?read more
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The Emerging Geo-Strategic Landscape in Central Asia
Ross EventonRecent developments in Afghanistan suggest the New Great Game is intensifying in Central Asia.read more
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The Crisis of Humanitarian Intervention
Walden BelloEvents in Libya and Syria have again brought the legitimacy of armed humanitarian intervention and so-called “responsibility to protect” into question.read more
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Many little streams make a mighty river – the 1 per cent solidarity levy
Water Justice report from World Water Week Day 2 Satoko KishimotoHow an innovative financial scheme could help to finance international public-public water projects in the global south.read more
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Can Russia come up with a new foreign policy strategy?
Boris KagarlitskyAn illuminating essay on historical developments in Russia's foreign policy over the last century that argues that only internal political collapse now has the chance to inaugurate a...
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Chavez was no Dictator
Boris KagarlitskyThe Russian blogosphere is sharply divided over the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, with some people expressing vulgar joy at his passing, and others pouring out passionate...
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The Bankrupcty of EU's No-Default Policy
Boris KagarlitskyThe European elite are more afraid of defaults than Russians are of revolutions.read more
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