Foreign Policy Reasons of the USSR Disintegration
4/2005
Summary
A.Adamishin
Foreign Policy Reasons of the USSR Disintegration
Everyone who lived in the Soviet Union keeps own image of the former country in his memory. And everyone has his own opinions about the reasons of destruction of the Soviet empire. That's why special interest is opinions who was involved for making the political decisions, which have influenced an outcome of events, in particular, of this article's author who is the professional diplomat, the former ambassador of the USSR among countries, the deputy of the minister foreign affairs of the USSR, minister on affairs of community of the Russian Federation.
P. Tamash
Post-Perestroika
Importance of perestroika is not limited 1985-1991. Today's many phenomena and processes explanation as consequences of those or other transformations of that period. The known Hungarian sociologist analyzes in comparative aspect some factors of development of social democracy in the Central Europe and Russia.
G. Kolodko
Great Polish Transformation: Lessons for the Developing Markets
It is considered, that start of post-socialist transformation has been given to process in Poland. It is true, but only partly. Undoubtedly, Poland has coped with calls of great transformation in many respects better other post-socialist countries. Therefore after 15 years of proceeding transition from socialism to the democratic state, market economy and a civil society other countries, especially so-called developing markets, can take for themselves some lessons from experience of Poland.
L. Krasnov
Whether Russia is Capable to Develop More Quikly and Effectively?
As the saying goes in the article, in modern conditions, Russia cannot escape from stagnation without determined change of economic policy. It should be the politics for the speeded growth and technological updating of domestic economy are regards as of paramount, and all everything should be subordinated to their practical resolve.
S. Amin
Chinese «Market Socialism»: a Stage on the Way of Socialist Transformations or the Jump into Capitalism?
Up-to-date modernization in China - the major factor determining the future of the country. Whether it can meet expectation of people and theirs democracy concepts? The article's author asserts, construction of market socialism as stages of long transition to world socialism, is the best variant of development for Chinese people.
H. Timmermann
Russia and the European Union: Developing a Partnership with Different Values?
Relationship between Russia and the European Union, which develop on the basis of the Agreement on Partnership and Cooperation, are inherent both general interests (first of all in sphere of economy and external safety), and essential divergences in understanding of democratic freedom and principles. In the author's opinion, efficiency of the new agreement which should be concluded for the period since 2008, depends on, whether will be included in it position for the general values of Russia and the EU.
S. Romanenko
Kosovo in the Context of World Politics
The subjects of this article are: history and character of events in Serbia and Yugoslavia in 1999, essence of a politics of S. Milosevic's mode, demands of national movement albanians of Kosovo, a legal policy evaluation of the military action of the NATO, the direct results and also medium- and long-term consequences of the policy, which is spending as concerns to Kosovo by the international organizations and some states.
A.Mikhnik
Mandelshtam's Language is Language for Freedom
Mikhnik A. is integrally alien to monumental notability and heroic poses however it seems that you talk with the person from a history and almost mythological personage. Therefore today our conversation has turned out not about the current policy but about something more important.
V. Drosdov, K. Rudy
Socio-Economic Transformation of the Market Economy Countries
Public evolution has confirmed, that market economy - the unique base of social and economic development. In the authors' opinion, the following step will be creation social market economy as base of development of a civil society.
A.Chepurenko, V. Petukhov
Large Russian Business: Social Role and Social Responsibility
In the article expounds the basic results and conclusions of the research proj-ect «Large Russian business: a social role and the social responsibility (opinion of the population and an estimation of experts)».
B.Ferrero-Valdner
Russia and the European Union: Partners in Fast-Changing World
Geopolitical change, more transparent borders, great opportunities and new challenges all of them demand the new international order based on effective multilateral cooperation. In author opinion the EU should actively participate in world processes and promote formation of the global agenda, with the help of strong foreign policy together with partners, including Russia.
G. Karimova
Prerequisites for Create of Unit Power Market within Shankhai Forum Context
In the article expounds the concept of the power market development within the framework of the Shanghai organization of cooperation. This concept can become a new paradigm of interaction of manufacturers and consumers of power resources when the account of opportunities of each participant of the market will allow to balance private and general interests, to harmonize mutual requirements.
H. Alexandrov
Changes as Identity of Collapse …
The Bulgarian social anthropologist tries to take specificity concrete socio-cultural environments, in laws and mechanisms of interaction of the separate person with his social and natural environment, and also to give the characteristic for models of behavior and the political situation in Bulgaria after elections on June, 25, 2005.
Z. Rosichka
Intercultural Cooperation in a Multilanguage Environment
Today the mononational group, trying to keep the world or rendering the humanitarian help, is not capable to operate apart. Prospects are connected to the multinational groups representing a complex set of cultures, systems, leaders and networks. As the author asserts their successful interaction, in many respects is determined by the opportunities of cultures substantially forming efficiency of groups of the help.