Contemporary geopolitical confrontation between Russia and the West: Is a (new) schism emerging between Europe and Russia?

Russia Between West and East

Moldova between Russia and the West: a Delicate Balance

Crimea and the start of the undeclared and still unfinished war in eastern Ukraine has resulted in a new, Cold War– like division of Europe. On one side of the divide are the security, political, and economic structures of NATO and the EU with their capital in Brussels. On the other side is Russia. Left between them are several countries in Eastern Europe: Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova. All of ...

the investigation of the relationship between type a and type b personalities and quality of translation

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Russia between transition and globalization

The research aims to understand the impact of the internal factors on the formulation of a policy of selective opening of the Russian economy since the beginning of the transition. We study the politico-economic configuration in Russia in terms of (i) its "vertical" dimension (relations federal centre-regions) and (ii) the "horizontal" one (relations between state and firms). We show the fragme...

the relationship between critical thinking and reading strategies

during the process of reading, sometimes learners use ineffective and inefficient strategies and some factors may influence their use of strategies. perhaps critical thinking is one of these factors. this study aims to identify those categories of reading strategies that are mostly used by iranian efl learners and to see if there is any significant relationship between the critical thinking abi...