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Заславский vs Аткинсон: Из истории холодной войны [Zaslavsky _vs_ Atkinson: From the History of the Cold War]
No full textThe article discusses the confrontation of two reporters—Brooks Atkinson, a Moscow correspondent of The New York Times, and David Zaslavsky of Pravda in 1946. Having spent 10 months in Moscow, Brooks Atkinson perceived the signs of rising xenophobia and anti-Western sentiment in the USSR and wrote a series of articles truthfully portraying the situation behind the Iron Curtain. In response to his assertion that the Soviet people were denied freedom of speech and freedom of the press, Zaslavsky lashed out at the American reporter, blaming not only him, but Western journalism as such of being politically motivated. The vicious attack against the American journalist marked the beginning of the anti-Western campaign initiated by Soviet propaganda in the early period of the Cold War
Book Review:: Settling for Less
No full textSettling for Less by Lachlan McNamee, 2023, Princeton University Pres
Book Review: Carbon Colonialism: How Rich Countries Export Climate Breakdown
No full textCarbon Colonialism: How Rich Countries Export Climate Breakdown by Laurie Parsons, 2023,Manchester University Press
Sissejuhatus teemanumbrisse „Keel ja keeled. Õppimine ja õpetamine“ / Introduction to the Thematic Issue “Language and Languages. Learning and Teaching”
No full textSissejuhatus / Introductio
Governmentality in the Context of a Japanese-funded Farm-to- Market Road (FMR) in Agdangan, Quezon Province, Philippines
No full textRecent studies have focused on the role of Official Development Assistance (ODA) in financing infrastructural projects and rural development programmes. This study contributes to this literature by demonstrating how Japanese and Filipino aid authorities facilitate a Japanese-ODA-funded Farm-to-Market Road (FMR) subproject as a solution aiming to achieve overall poverty reduction and rural economic growth in the Philippines. Drawing on Foucault’s governmentality, the paper analyses processes and interactions within the management stages of the FMR subproject. It examines the impact of the completed FMR among agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs). It argues that while the FMR fostered mutual understanding and beneficial relationships among aid authorities, more significant advantages were accrued by the non-poor sector. Consequently, ARBs clamour for further support to maximize FMR benefits
Спин-офф одного комментария: Речь Н. В. Недоброво [Spin-off from an Annotation: A Speech by Nikolai Nedobrovo]
No full textThis article examines a series of celebrations dedicated to the 25th anniversary of Konstantin Bal’mont’s literary career. Its major focus is the event that took place on March 11, 1912 in the hall of the Saint Petersburg Governorate zemstvo. The article gives an overview of the details of the event’s organization, its participants, and reflections on the event in the press, emphasizing the fact that Bal’mont’s anniversary became one of the very few reasons that Saint Petersburg artists would unite. It culminates with a previously unpublished draft of the speech by Nikolai Nedobrovo delivered on the occasion
Русская литературная собака (Материалы к биографическому словарю) [The Russian Literary Dog: Materials for a Biographical Dictionary]
No full textThis unconventional dictionary, having over 100 entries, is the first attempt ever to list dogs that belonged to Russian turn-of-the-century and 20th-century writers (for example, Alexander Blok, Anton Chekhov, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Maximilian Voloshin, etc.)
«Ничто-ничто не пропадает»: Михаил Владимирович Безродный (16 февраля 1957 — 18 ноября 2023) [“Nothing is Lost, Nothing Whatever”: In Memoriam Michail Bezrodnyj (February 16, 1957 — November 18, 2023)]
No full textThis is an obituary for Dr. Michail Bezrodnyj of Heidelberg University, a scholar and a man of letters, whose debut book End of the Quote (1996) is regarded as one of the major achievements of contemporary Russian literature
Counterterrorism Policy in the Russian Federation: Furthering the Needs of the Regime
No full textIn the wake of the September 11 attacks in 2001, countries were encouraged to enact domestic legislative changes as part of the Global War on Terror. However, it has been left to the countries themselves to define ‘terrorism’ and ‘terrorist activities’. In this manuscript, we illustrate how liberal democracies and illiberal regimes may have very different understandings of the proper use of domestic counterterrorism (CT) policies. We argue that illiberal states, such as Russia, will likely use CT policy to enhance the ruling regime’s goals in ways that liberal states would not. We focus on the critical changes in Russia’s CT policy under Putin and demonstrate how Putin-era Russian CT policies have been used indirectly (i.e., in ways that are not explicitly focused on eliminating terrorist threats) to advance the Kremlin’s desire to suppress domestic opposition and enhance its political standing both at home and abroad
Lost in the Transitions of Lebanon’s Second Republic: The Political Economy of (Un)governable Institutions, Practices and Crises
No full textThis article employs Giddens’ theory of structuration to identify why the practices of powersharing among the political elite in the context of post-war settings can spawn inflection points that divert the political process off course and incubate avenues for other transitions. It aims to explain how elite power sharing fragmented governance in Lebanon’s sectarian system, while incubating disagreements that necessitated further transitions. It highlights three transitions in post-war Lebanon: (A) the post-Taif process (1990–2005), (B) the post-2005 transition following the withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon (2005–2019) and (C) the post-October 17 2019 transition. It finds that the reinforcement of elite practices of power sharing, patron-client networks and the apportionment of Lebanon’s political economy across the aforementioned phases have depleted state resources, which resulted in the sovereign debt crisis of 2020. It shows that the lack of national resources will most likely make Lebanese elites more eager to play a larger role in the informal sector, thus surviving on the resources of individuals