Is China the new USSR? Tepid growth, trade barriers may derail China’s plans to rule the 21st century
China poses a significant challenge to U.S. economic dominance, leading in 37 of 44 hi-tech strategic areas. Despite slowing ...
Russia’s fears over ex-Soviet nations laid bare in leaked paper
Kazakhstan, the region’s largest economy, has condemned the invasion, refused to recognise Russia’s territorial gains and made an effort to demonstrate compliance with western sanctions. Neighbouring ...
Kazakhstan Lawmakers Propose Russian-Style 'Foreign Agent' Law
Oil and gas rich Kazakhstan has been governed in an authoritarian style since independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, though Tokayev has loosened some controls since taking over from longtime ...
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The Often Misunderstood History of the Soviet Dissidents
The often misunderstood history of the Soviet dissident movement. In To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause, historian Benjamin Nathans sheds light on how the protest movement reinvented itself at ...
On This Day: Communists give up monopoly of Soviet politics
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev issued a series of reforms and the Communist Party gave up its 70-year monopoly of political power in the Soviet Union.
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A Coup De Grace For Lukashenka
The times of empty shelves and shortages are returning. Lukashenka has appointed a new Minister of Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade. And immediately set him unsolvable tasks. For example, “to study ...