The past is not the just past, but an integral part of our present. And our present must not be only our present misfortune. We can develop new themes in our lives that defy our hardships and create context for what is to come. These themes may return years later with new twists of triumph or tragedy. They are our themes, and belong to us. Meanwhile, we can celebrate our present and future by c...

after the bolshevik revolution in 1917, he three transcaucasian republics (azerbaijan, armenia, georgia) were emerged.but because of the great powers' rivalry in transcaucasia, withholding of recognition of the republics by the allies in paris peace conference (1919), and the continuous conflicts between the republics themselves, the soviet :union: easily defeated the republics and annexed...

The Struggle over Migration Policy ∗ In this paper we analyze the endogenous determination of migration quota viewing it as an outcome of a two-stage political struggle between two interest groups: those in favor and those against the proposed migration quota. We first compare the proposed policies of the two interest groups under random behavior of the government, with and without lobbying. Th...

Infinity has fascinated mankind since time immemorial. Zeno revealed that, whether we consider space and time to be infinitely divisible or consisting of tiny indivisible atoms, in both cases paradoxes appear. Despite this uncomfortable problem, practical mathematicians continued to use a range of infinitesimal and indivisible methods of calculation through to the 17th century development of th...