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Need-Based Social Policies
(2020)Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)The topic of this edition is need-based social policies. Firstly, Martin Brand examines the extent of poverty in Russia and analyzes the government’s policies to combat it. He concludes that Russia needs a sustained high rate of economic growth to achieve the goal of halving poverty in Russia by 2024. Secondly, Theresa Hornke discusses Russia’s latest family policy debates and developments, treating family policy as a multidimensional ...Journal Issue -
Implementing Peace Agreements: Supporting the Transition from the Negotiation Table to Reality
(2020)Discussion Points of the Mediation Support Network (MSN)To date, conversations on best practice in mediation support and peace promotion have tended to focus primarily on efforts to bring about the signing of a peace agreement. Yet the challenges in realizing the often ambitious provisions of a peace agreement are considerable. Implementation begins at the negotiating table, when the parties discuss how to ensure the realization of their commitments, and remains a challenge years after the ...Journal Issue -
Central Asia
(2020)Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)The topic of this issue focuses on Russia's relations with three Central Asian Republics. Firstly, Rico Issacs examines the implications of Nazarbayev’s decision to step down as president for Kazakhstan's policy towards Russia, highlighting continuity and arguing the most significant aspect may prove to be the lessons learned by Putin from Nazarbayev’s orchestrated departure. Secondly, Edward Lemon and Bradley Jardine consider Russia’s ...Journal Issue -
Formal and Informal Political Institutions
(2020)Caucasus Analytical Digest (CAD)This issue of the Caucasus Analytical Digest focuses on the interplay between informal and formal institutions in Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. Firstly, regarding Armenia, Nona Shahnazarian looks at the deep-seated cultural roots of clientelism in post-Soviet societies and discusses the efforts by the government of Prime Minister Pashinyan to eradicate the power of oligarchs that persists to date. Secondly, Farid Guliyev looks at how ...Journal Issue -
Eurasian Economic Union
(2020)Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)The topic of this issue is the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). Firstly, Alexander Libman argues that the integration milestones set in the EAEU Treaty are frequently achieved at the cost of diluting the content of the subsequent integration steps, with countries accepting smaller obligations than originally envisioned. This situation is unlikely to change in the future. Secondly, Maria Shagina discusses the effects of Russia’s uncoordinated ...Journal Issue -
Putin's Power Games
(2020)Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)The topic of this issue is ‘Putin‘s Power Games’. In it, eight authors from different institutions (Jan Matti Dollbaum, Maria Domańska, Vladimir Gel’man, Andrei Kolesnikov, Robert Orttung, Michael Rochlitz, Regina Smyth, and Andrei Yakovlev) comment on the recent and ongoing changes in the government and constitution of Russia.Journal Issue -
Russian Youth
(2020)Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)The topic of this issue is Russian youth. Firstly, Anna Sorokina and Valeria Kasamara examine the values and attitudes of Russian students towards their home country as well as federal and regional political elites. They conclude that the majority of young Russian students describe themselves as the “Putin Generation” and perceive President Vladimir Putin as the ideal political leader of a nation-state. Secondly, Irina Meyer-Olimpieva ...Journal Issue -
Pension Reform
(2020)Caucasus Analytical Digest (CAD)The topic of this issue is pension reform. Firstly, Gayane Shakhmuradyan argues that despite the continued public disapproval of the mandatory funded scheme, the Armenian pension system is now more sustainable and robust, and economic inefficiencies are being overcome. Secondly, Alexandra Aroshvili and Tornike Chivadze point out that the privatization of the Georgian pension scheme cannot adequately meet the needs of current and future ...Journal Issue -
Grain Exports from Russia
(2019)Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)The topic of this issue is Grain Exports from Russia. Firstly, Miranda Svanidze, Linde Götz and Florian Schierhorn posit that the mobilization of grain export potential in Russian grain producing regions requires an improvement in the functioning of the Russian grain market. Secondly, Maximilian Heigermoser and Linde Götz state that since the turn of the millennium, Russia has ascended to become the world’s largest wheat exporter. The ...Journal Issue