The opposition in Azerbaijan has long been considered a dysfunctional political group that does not threaten the ruling regime. Large swathes of the Azerbaijani public see opposition forces as badly organized, poorly funded, and vulnerable, allowing the Aliyev regime to stand largely unchallenged in the political arena. The traditional opposition’s image of failure drove newly emerging groups t...

This Article examines whether patent holders encourage innovation through democratic royalty sharing. This question is prompted by a developing belief among legal commentators and industry participants that private cooperation can remedy widespread transactional problems that threaten innovation. Until now, however, scholars have not examined the internal governance of patent licensing collecti...

The lack of a complete set historical statistical data is one the main problems that does not allow econometric modelling and forecasting to be carried out in full. are characterized by numerous omissions, either singular or almost entire decades. task reconstructing them adequately therefore always relevant. purpose article demonstrate application mathematical statistics methods for reconstruc...

One day in December 2019 I knew something was badly amiss. Russian President Vladimir Putin had called a meeting with the leaders of Commonwealth Independent States – vague post-Soviet association former Soviet republics that semi-defer to Russia order discuss history. Not just discuss: he actually brought thick stack archival documents meeting, which, said, demonstrated certain truths about hi...

This paper presents an analysis of scientific research output of the republics of former Yugoslavia for the period 1970-2014. Thomson Reuters’ Web of Science (WoS) database was used for data acquisition and 223 135 publications have been analyzed. The Yugoslav Wars were ethnic conflicts fought from 1991 to 1999 on the territory of former Yugoslavia, which accompanied the breakup of the country,...

This paper compares the institutions and goals of the USSR, the EU, and the CIS to understand the differing origins and competing tendencies of these alternative models of transnational governance. It then projects those models through history to examine the current relationships of the former Soviet Republics to the EU and the United States. Understanding the historical sources and development...

OBJECTIVE Previously recorded rates of obesity in the Baltic Republics have been among the highest in the world although little is known about how they vary within the population. This study investigates the distribution of body mass index (BMI) and obesity in these countries. DESIGN Three cross-sectional surveys conducted in the summer of 1997. SETTING Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. SUBJ...

The authors examine the development of Transcaucasian archaeological cultures during Early Holocene and their relationship to beginning Neolithic in south Eastern Europe. describe migration activity carriers Kobuletian, Darkvetian, Edzanian Trialetian cultures. role migrants process Neolithization Europe is considered. aim show Kukrek, Hrebenyky, Matveev Kurgan, Shpan-Koba, Murzak-Koba with mig...