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Special Issue "Cascading Disaster Modelling and Prevention"
(2020)International Journal of Environmental Research and Public HealthDear Colleagues, Cascading disasters, which follow from an initial trigger to a range of disaster impacts, can contribute a significant part of the loss caused by any natural hazard event, and become as catastrophic as the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. The 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, in the Sichuan Province of China, provides another example. This disaster led to over 69,000 deaths, 18,000 missing people, and 374,000 ...Journal Issue -
Social Issues
(2020)Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)The topic of this issue is Social Issues. Firstly, Marina Khmelnitskaya focuses on policy ideas as explanatory variables for understanding policymaking and governance in Russia. Following Schmidt’s definition of the ideational process as a ‘discourse’ in which actors promote their preferred policy ideas in competition with their opponents, the article argues that in Russia the character of discourses varies between three state levels: The ...Journal Issue -
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Public Opinion In Georgia: New Caucasus Barometer Results
(2020)Caucasus Analytical Digest (CAD)This issue of the Caucasus Analytical Digest focuses on Public Opinion in Georgia: New Caucasus Barometer Results. Firstly, David Sichinava discusses the evolution of people’s attitudes towards conflict resolution in Georgia. Secondly, Rati Shubladze and Tamar Khoshtaria analyze trends and inconsistencies in popular support for democracy in Georgia. Thirdly, Dustin Gilbreath tackles the trajectory of trust in the most trusted institution ...Journal Issue -
Russian Orthodoxy
(2020)Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)The topic of this issue is Russian Orthodoxy. Firstly, Nikolay Mitrokhin discusses the position of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (of the Moscow patriarchate) after former President Petro Poroshenko’s attack on the church and the subsequent election of Volodymyr Zelensky. Secondly, Alexander Ponomariov posits that the recognition of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine by three “Greek” churches represents a viral reaction to their indisputable ...Journal Issue -
Tourism in Georgia: From Past Lessons to Future Perspectives
(2021)Caucasus Analytical Digest (CAD)The topic of this issue is Tourism in Georgia: From Past Lessons to Future Perspectives. Firstly, Merab Khokhobaia and Temur Gugushvili analyze the patterns of tourism growth in the Soviet period as well as its early stages of development in independent Georgia; secondly, Gvantsa Salukvadze focuses on the impact of Georgia's tense political connections with Russia on the country’s tourism-dependent orientation; thirdly, Lela Khartishvili ...Journal Issue -
Georgia’s Political Crisis: Actors and Instruments of Polarization
(2021)Caucasus Analytical Digest (CAD)This issue of the Caucasus Analytical Digest focuses on polarization as a key characteristic of Georgian politics, more specifically on key actors and instruments of this polarization: right wing groups, media and the Georgian Orthodox Church. Tamta Gelashvili examines the role of the far right in political polarization; Salome Kandelaki analyzes radicalization and illiberal tendencies in Georgia by focusing on the role of one of the most ...Journal Issue -
Media Capture
(2020)Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)The topic of this issue is 'Media Capture'. Firstly, Heiko Pleines analyzes the control of business and state actors over mass media in Russia. Secondly, Esther Somfalvy summarizes the chain of events that led to the mass walkout of all leading editorial staff of the business newspaper Vedomosti and highlights the context in which it took place. Finally, Anna Litvinenko posits that the Russian state continues to tolerate social media, as ...Journal Issue -
Putin
(2020)Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)The topic of this issue focuses on Russian President Vladimir Putin. Firstly, Caroline von Gall and Laura Jäckel suggest that while the focus of the current Russian constitutional reform is on the succession management allowing President Vladimir Putin to stay in power until 2036, the adopted amendments go far beyond this. Secondly, Fabian Burkhardt posits that the constitutional amendment that would zero out Putin’s current presidential ...Journal Issue