Die Verfasser setzen sich mit Aspekten des staatlichen Handels in Rußland auseinander, die für die Beziehungen Rußlands mit den USA und anderen entwickelten Industrienationen von besonderer Bedeutung sind. Sie diskutieren einleitend den Begriff des Staatshandels in Anlehnung an die...

The last decades have witnessed the rise of a new wave of economic regionalism, the most remarkable example of which is the European Union. Regional economic integration is generally interpreted either as an attempt to resist the centrifugal forces of globalisation by strenghtening economic ties...

In many transition countries, the collapse of communism ushered in language reforms to adapt to the newfound independence from the Soviet Union and openness to the rest of the world. Such reforms may have implications for individuals’ economic opportunities, since foreign language proficiency...