The article examines the evolution of foreign policy Russian Federation since 1991. author links logic decisionmaking with features formation ruling elite’s strategic culture, which changes are associated domestic political processes. dominance imperial approach in was result a retreat from liberal-democratic transition mid-1990s. concepts “special civilizational path Russia”, “anti-Western and...

This article compares the impact of post-war immigration on citizenship in three Western states: the United States, Germany and Great Britain. While focusing on national variations in the immigration-citizenship relationship, this comparison suggests some general implications for the institution of citizenship in liberal states: citizenship remains indispensable for integrating immigrants; the ...

editorial editorial t he year 2011 has thus far been marked by a wave of revolutions, sparked by the desire of oppressed people all over the world—notably the arab world—for freedom and democracy. Some dictatorships have fallen, whilst others have trained their guns on their own people , in a vain attempt to postpone the day of reckoning for their regimes. But, lest we delude ourselves that rea...

This paper examines the issue of gender equality within Islam in order to develop an ethical framework for businesses operating in Muslim majority countries. We pay attention to the role of women and seemingly inconsistent expectations of Islamic and western societies with regard to appropriate gender roles. In particular, we contrast a mainstream western liberal individualist view of freedom a...

Abstract UN peacekeeping became a flagship activity of the liberal international order (LIO) in post-Cold War era, characterized by globalization, norms and western leadership. Western states' diminished support for LIO has left it increasingly open to challenge, but significant changes are only likely if strong group states coalesces around an alternative model peacekeeping. This article highl...

The Women’s International Conference in1995 in Beijing proposed the idea that women’s rights be considered within the category of general human rights. Our concepts about human rights are rooted in the liberal traditions of a relatively homogeneous Western culture. In recent years, however, this culture has become increasingly heterogeneous. As a result of this greater diversity of beliefs and ...

Yang Fujia was chancellor of University Nottingham Ningbo, the first Sino-foreign cooperative university in China. His Chinese and Western learning experience practice educational management shaped his philosophy internationalization universities. He advocated liberal education, which integrating innovating education Fudan humanistic many top western universities; he attached great importance t...