Political Economy

Political economy is how government policy affects the economy. Some obvious examples of how the government can affect the economy are through infrastructure development, government subsidies, monetary policy, tariffs, and other measures that restrict some economic areas and assist or encourage others.

Security, Infrastructure, Political Economy 22 February 2022

5G Networks in Russia: Development and Trajectories

Technology is constantly evolving, utilizing ever more bandwidth and making ever more connections between people and devices. Because of this, new cellular networks are needed…

Demographics

How the 2014 Economic Crisis Changed Russia’s Economy

Just about everyone in the United States knows something about the global financial crisis of 2008-2009. That particular crisis started in the U.S. housing and…

Economic Influencers, Economy, Political Economy, Politicians 27 March 2017

Elvira Nabiullina

Elvira Nabiullina and Saving Russia’s Financial System Elvira Nabiullina is currently ranked the most powerful woman in Russia and has been named one of the…

Economic Influencers, International Relations, Political Economy, Security, Theory, Vestnik 4 April 2016

Four Reformers in Russia’s Shock Therapy

In the wake of the 1990’s, the future of nascent post-Soviet Russia was in the hands of four groups of reformers, who were entrusted with…

Business, Civil Society, Demographics, Economy, Political Economy, Vestnik 28 August 2015

The Evolution and Dissolution of the Soviet Kitchen

Just as the leadership, citizens, and politics of the USSR changed drastically between 1917 and 1991, so too the Soviet kitchen underwent innumerable changes from…

Economy, International Relations, Political Economy, Vestnik 20 April 2015

Kyrgyzstan Prepares to Join the Eurasian Economic Union, Amid Concerns and Questions about the Future

In the two decades since its independence from the Soviet Union, Kyrgyzstan has maintained close ties with Russia, on which it remains economically dependent, while…

Economy, Political Economy, Vestnik 17 April 2015

Russia’s Current Economic Conundrum: 2014-2015 Economic Crisis

A large part of Russian society, particularly its political elite, still cherishes the great dream of Russia as a powerful and economically strong global player….

Business, Civil Society, Political Economy 14 June 2014

7 Facts about the April, 1991 Economic Crisis

The following text was written by Aleksei Rudevich and originally appeared in Russian on the website “Russian 7.” To read the original Russian, click here….