VI INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE “POLITICAL PROCESSESIN THE POST-SOVIET SPACE”

The VI International Conference on Arti cial Neural NetworksICANN

Artiicial neural networks achieve fast parallel processing via massively parallel non-linear computational elements. Most neural network models base their ability to adapt to problems on changing the strength of the interconnections between computational elements according to a given learning algorithm. However, constrained interconnection structures may limit such ability. Field programmable h...

International Conference on Islamic Awakening

Recent developments in the middle-east have been differently explained by different figures and dignitaries from different countries of the world. Calling these developments as "Islamic awakening", "Human awakening", "Arab Spring" and "Purple Revolution" indicates there are different theories in this regard definitely leading to different measures in the political arena. Among supreme leader's ...

Ex ante and ex post institutional convergence: Case of the post-Soviet space

The paper discusses the interaction of ex ante and ex post institutional convergence in the post-Soviet world, i.e. 12 members of the Commonwealth of Independent States. It starts with analysing empirical evidence for institutional convergence in the CIS, and then considers two channels of convergence: institutional competition for mobile capital and ex ante harmonization via interaction in pol...

Political economy of the Soviet elite and its post-communist transformation

A characteristic feature of Russian post-communist transformation is a high rate of elite continuity that invites an explanation of the demise of the Soviet Union as the result of a rational choice made by its ruling elite. This paper proposes a political-economic model where predatory ruling elite uses costly coercion to raise revenue from the working population, while resistance of the popula...

Political Culture of Post-Soviet Economic Change: The Case of Financial-Industrial Groups