This article is the polemical response to report of Yu.D. Granin “Island Russia” by Vadim Tsymbursky and geopolitical project Greater Eurasia” within frame­work round table “Problems civilizations in books Institute Philo­sophy Russian Academy Sciences”. The purpose work indicate po­sitions author concept “Islands relation a few modern geopol­itical problems. tasks set text can be defined as 1)...

The concept of Expeditionary Economics (ExpECON) was introduced in 2010 in a path-breaking article in the May/June 2010 issue of Foreign Affairs, “Expeditionary Economics: Spurring Growth After Conflicts and Disasters”, by then Kauffman Institute President and CEO Carl Schramm. In that article, Schramm put forth the proposition that economic growth is vital for stabilizing post-conflict/disaste...

Nowadays, a noticeable part of the relations among the states turn around the environment protection. Therefore, the right for ever-creasing use of the existing resources of this inland sea cannot be exclusive to any Caspian State and the aftermath involves all countries of this basin. In this respect, agreement on political border and boundaries with the Caspian Sea?s ecosystem is a difficul...

The article discusses the problems of using archival materials and old editions in order to familiarize themselves with history culture individual countries. Using example practice postmodern technology for digitizing non-academic historical documents by German authors, it is shown that they constitute a significant resource expanding knowledge field cultural studies, educational history, geogr...