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Speech by Ms Elvira Nabiullina, Governor of the Bank of Russia, at the International Financial Congress, Moscow, 13 July 2017. BISElvira Nabiullina: Bank of Russia's strategic objectives and plans for the next five years

Short summary of the  of Das Kapital's continuing relevance. Clear and succinct. Real-World Economics Review Blog 150 years of ‘Das Kapital’: How relevant is Marx today? Jayati Ghosh | Professor of Economics at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, School of Social Sciences, at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, in New Delhi

Political tensions have been rising between Phnom Penh and Washington, after Cambodia ordered a USAID-supported organization to halt its activity in the country. The Asian nation says it is defending its sovereignty, while Washington questioned its democracy.In the latest development to the worsening dispute between the two nations, Cambodia's long-ruling leader, Prime Minister Hun Sen, accused Washington of interference in his country's domestic affairs. "We wish to send a clear message...

Pakistani Foreign Minister says his country will work together with Russia and China in the light of the new US strategy for Afghanistan. Sputnik InternationalPakistan to Seek Consensus With Russia, China Over Trump's New South Asia PolicyChina Affirms Alliance with Pakistan After Trump Says Islamabad Abets Terrorists

Backgrounder. MENA is much more complicated than it portrayed in the West. The reasons that the West is there at all are oil and gas, and Israel.LobelogLibya’s Role in the Polarized Sunni World Giorgio Cafiero, CEO and founder of Gulf State Analyticsa Washington, DC-based geopolitical risk consultancy, and Elaine Miao, contributor to Gulf State Analytics

Russia’s Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology (Rosstandart) appointed a new technical committee to work on the standardization of “the software and hardware of distributed register and Blockchain technologies", East-West Digital reported. “The standardization of Blockchain will allow these technologies to develop at a new level,” expects the agency, acknowledging that Blockchain technology is “actively spreading” across Russia. Blockchain technology will develop through...

Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar Al-Abadi has said that if the United States intends to carry out an aggression against the Iranian government, Iraq will not allow the U.S. to use its territory for its aggression. “Iraq is not a starting point for attacking other countries. If there are clashes between Iran and the United States, then we will not allow the U.S. to take advantage of us,” he said.“Iraq has its own interests and is an independent country and we call on all countries to respect the...

The research has now progressed to outlining the prevailing characteristics of Central America and listing the relevant regional integration organizations that its constituent countries are a part of. The first part of this chapter is divided among the four categories of economic, socio-political, military-security, and geopolitical commonalities which bind together Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama, and is presented in a concise bullet-point format for easy...

Fort RussGoogle Losing its Market to Yandex in Russia Samer Hussein

China bought 90,000 robots in 2016, accounting for almost a third of the global total, and the robot revolution may raise China's economic competitiveness, according to a report released this week by Bloomberg Intelligence. China.org.cnChina on rapid progress of robotization: study Xinhua