Vladimir Putin's first invasion of Ukraine, in 2014, set off a global economic clash, as the West used its clout with international markets to deter and penalize the Kremlin. The battlelines of this 'war by other means' traversed a series of deep economic connections, built up during Russia's oil, gas and commodities boom: global equity and capital markets, and transnational kleptocracy.

A publication of the working group on economics and conflict in the Caucasus.

In this book, the authors define the peculiarities of the high-tech industries of the military-industrial complex, the basic organizational and economic mechanisms to ensure implementation of programs and plans for the creation and production of military products, outlined the conceptual framework for the assessment and management of risk in their validation and implementation, developed new...

Original title: The Hydrogen Economy. The road to global security, writes Jeremy Rifkin, 'lies in lessening our dependence on Middle East oil and making sure that all people on Earth have access to the energy they need to sustain life. Weaning the world off oil and turning it toward hydrogen is a promissory note for a safer world.' Rifkin's international bestseller The Hydrogen Economy...

A look at the strategy, tactics and methods used by Anatoly Chubais to privatize previously state-run companies and the rise of the Russian Oligarchy.

Die Frankfurter Schule steht für ein Spektrum von Intellektuellen, die langfristig oder zeitweilig dem 1924 in Frankfurt am Main gegründeten Institut für Sozialforschung und dessen Projekt einer kritischen Theorie der Gesellschaft verbunden waren. Rolf Wiggershaus zeichnet die Geschichte der Frankfurter Schule von ihren Anfängen bis zum heutigen Tage nach. Aus einer überwältigenden Fülle von...

For twenty-five years, China has been transitioning from a planned to a market economic system with Chinese characteristics. Profound progressive changes in the economic and social spheres, brought about by gradual reforms in China, are taking place against the backdrop of dynamic development of social production and a consistent increase in the income and living standards of a significant...