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December 4, 2012

Russia’s Judiciary Grabs New Powers

Some very surprising news reported in The Financial Times today which will have an impact on all foreigners doing business in Russia. Russia’s Supreme Arbitration Court, which regulates commercial disputes, has annulled provisions in some contract...
December 4, 2012

Russia’s Judiciary Grabs New Powers

Some very surprising news reported in The Financial Times today which will have an impact on all foreigners doing business in Russia. Russia’s Supreme Arbitration Court, which regulates commercial disputes, has annulled provisions in some contract...
December 3, 2012

Russia’s Chaos Theory in the Middle East

As I was going through my weekly reading of academic journal articles, I came across an interesting set of arguments on Russia’s strategies and objectives in the Middle East by the British American Security Information Council.  Author Shiva...
November 30, 2012

Tribalism and Democracy in Africa

One of the enduring obstacles to the consolidation of democracy in many African nations is the persistent issue of tribalism, raising problems that date back to the artificial imposition of nation states resulting from the Berlin Conference of 188...
November 30, 2012

Tribalism and Democracy in Africa

One of the enduring obstacles to the consolidation of democracy in many African nations is the persistent issue of tribalism, raising problems that date back to the artificial imposition of nation states resulting from the Berlin Conference of 188...
November 30, 2012

Soft Resource Nationalism

Here’s a very interesting article by the South African Institute of International Affairs that examines the many different types of resource nationalism.  This is part of a growing discourse that looks to encourage and normalize expropriatio...
November 30, 2012

Soft Resource Nationalism

Here’s a very interesting article by the South African Institute of International Affairs that examines the many different types of resource nationalism.  This is part of a growing discourse that looks to encourage and normalize expropriatio...
November 30, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Nov 29, 2012

TODAY: Pussy Riot video to be banned; posthumous charged filed against Magnitsky; Perepilichnyy had been warned he was on hit list; Kopeysk prison strike highlights abuse of prisoners; planes beating trains.  A Moscow City Court has declared that ...