Reputation and status in Denmark’s strategic culture
... analysis
Hans Mouritzen [16]
Mikkel Vedby
Rasmussen [17]
Peter Viggo
Jakobsen [18]
Causes and factors of transformation
The state’s contemporary geopolitical situation and historical geopolitical experience — the disappearance of the Soviet threat, the need for US involvement in European security, the prevention of the dominance of the Franco-German dyad, and the loss of influence due to the expansion of the EU and NATO — have led Denmark to embrace the historical lesson of the duty to ‘fight for ...
Geopolitical Security of Russia: Remarks on the Problem Statement
... concepts and the development of a set of indicators of geopolitical threats and vulnerabilities, which Russia has already faced and may face in the future.
Introduction
Yana A. Vorozheina
. In the present era of heightened international tensions, the need for strong national and international security has become all too apparent. The geopolitical implications of this issue are particularly noteworthy. In response, the Institute of Geopolitical and Regional Studies at IKBFU has undertaken active research ...
University performance and regional development: the case of Russia’s North-West
... of the labour force, the number of students per 1,000 population, etc. The estimations of the human capital’s contribution to regional development vary from 10 % [2] to 26 % [3], which validates the importance of higher education underpinning the need to factor it in when making managerial decisions on regional development.
Recently, there has been a wide-ranged discussion around the university ceasing to be exclusively a regional educational and research centre. Universities are increasingly ...
The human need for security as the factor of conflictogenity in the system of international relations
The proposed article attempts to determine the possibilities of reducing the level of contradiction between a person’s need for security and the a priori conflictogenic state of the system of international relations, which is in a state of permanent variability. Assumed as methodological “keys” of the study, preference is given to the methodology of the anthropological ...
Efficiency analysis of seaports in Russia’s Baltic basin: performance evaluation
... analyzing different categories of managers further facilitate the practical application of the approach. Moreover, it can serve as a strategic tool for informing regional economic policies regarding logistics and transportation.
Introduction
The need to apply new technologies to solve classical management tasks is driven by the accelerated pace of digitization of individual functions and processes, economic globalization, geopolitical transformation [1], [2], the emergence of new socio-political ...
The sea factor in the federal regulation of Russia’s spatial development: post-Soviet experience and current priorities
... substructures, amid increasing military-strategic confrontation and geoeconomic regionalisation. The article presents a retrospective analysis of the role of the sea factor in Russia’s regional policy and identifies its stages. The authors emphasise the need for a synergy between maritime and spatial policies and proposes ways of achieving it.
Introduction
Spatiality is not only ‘a special type of ordering the world’ [1, p. 31], one of its universal and fundamental properties inherent, for ...
A new role of cooperation under economic sanctions as seen by residents of the Kaliningrad region
... traditional entrepreneurial structures. The economic goals shared by cooperation participants become the integrating basis for joint activities and effective collaborations [4]. Building on this conclusion, Russian researchers tend to emphasise the need for trust amongst participants in cooperation and fairness in decisions made within a cooperative [6].
Studies with a focus on Spanish cities have demonstrated that cooperative models contribute to more flexible and sustainable regional economic ...
Knowledge and innovation dynamics of the Northwest Russia under geopolitical changes
Over the past 25 years, Russia has faced several economic and geopolitical challenges, including the 2008 global financial crisis, sanctions imposed in 2014, and the COVID-19 pandemic. To remain resilient in the face of these challenges, Russia needs to adopt a flexible development strategy and transition to a new path of development. This transition requires the development of new knowledge-intensive industries, expansion into promising markets, strengthening trade and economic partnerships,...
The Accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO: Geopolitical implications for Russia’s position in the Baltic Sea region
... stationing of nuclear weapons on the territories of new member countries, the risk of blockading the Kaliningrad region, as well as the Gulf of Finland, and the Danish straits for Russian vessels. It is stressed that in the current circumstances, Russia needs to consider multiple scenarios in the Baltic region. On the one hand, it must safeguard its interests with minimal damage. On the other hand, it is crucial to steer clear of uncontrolled escalation of tensions with NATO, as it entails the risk of ...
Reputation core of Russian authorities: the case of the regional level of executive power
... the outer conceptual boundaries, especially in specific regions.
Introduction
Citizens’ disengagement from the actions of authorities is a prevalent feature of the national socio-political landscape [1, p. 552]. This highlights the pressing need to improve domestic political confidence, especially in light of the current foreign policy challenges. Doing so can serve as a foundation for fostering greater unity between the state and society, closing the value gap that exists between authorities ...
Internet diffusion and interregional digital divide in Russia: trends, factors, and the influence of the pandemic
The demand for digital technologies has been growing due to a shift in the technological and economic paradigm. The need for online services has increased since the beginning of the COVID pandemic. There are significant disparities between Russian regions in the digital technology accessibility and the development of computer skills. In 2020, the Internet diffused ...
Small towns of Latvia: disparities in regional and urban development
... residents and the preponderance of traditional lifestyles ensure the relative stability of urban society. Moreover, all these factors contribute to the adaptation of the local community to external changes, now active, now passive [2], [3], [4].
The need for a comprehensive urban policy encouraging the economic development of towns and cities has been emphasised in the literature in the European context [5].
The problem addressed in this study is measuring the degree of interconnectedness in Latvia’s ...
Fairy tales as a psychotherapeutic method to develop resilience in students with special needs
This article addresses the use of fairy tale technique in psychotherapy used to develop resilience as a personal psychological trait in students with special needs. Using parables as literary references, the authors describe the process of producing mottos through semantic compression. Special attention is paid to techniques of identifying keywords and tacking questions. These techniques help to develop stable ...
Problems of preparedness of students’ parents for inclusive education
The preparedness of parents of children with and without special needs for inclusive education is problematized in view of the competence aspects of a teacher’s inclusive preparedness. The notion of co-preparedness of a diverse group of parents within a poly-subject educational space is defined. The article presents ...
On the nature of thinking without representation
... evident premise. For Deleuze, thinking is an energy flow or sensual “vitality”.Another approach to analysing the fundamentals of thinking can be found in Kant’s article “What Does It Mean to Orient Oneself in Thinking?” where he speaks of the “need of reason”. Since the “need of reason” is necessary for the practical interest of reason itself, it directs, according to Kant, not only practical reason, but also general systematic and critical thinking. It is “common sense”, as the location ...
Sanctions risks and regional development: Russian case
... the eastern markets leads to multiple increases in transport and other costs for businesses to carry out foreign trade operations, especially for western and northwestern regions [21], [22].<6> If restrictions on exports from Russia led to the need for its reorientation, reduced business profits and regional budget revenues, then restrictions on imports to Russia affected the ability to purchase technological equipment, and components, and fulfill production orders. Thus, restrictions on ...
The modern economy of Russia’s Baltic regions in the municipal context
... pandemic year) and 2022 (sanctions year).
To assess the role of small businesses in the economy of municipalities (Table 5, 6), as mentioned above, we combine Rosstat data on large and medium-sized enterprises and tax reporting. At the same time, we need to allow for the fact that the share of small businesses in the payroll will be somewhat underestimated due to the impossibility of taking into account the personal income of sole proprietors using special tax regimes. However, as the data provided ...
Priorities for the development of manufacturing industries in the Kaliningrad region
... Kaliningrad, featuring publications from international and Russian authors, with Kaliningrad transit through Lithuania and the region’s transportation links with the rest of Russia garnering significant attention [15], [16].
Much is being written about the need for a military confrontation with Kaliningrad as an allegedly militarised territory threatening NATO countries [17], [18]. Other publications explore presumed changes in the social well-being of Kaliningraders [19].
In the new external environment,...
Spatial differentiation of rural territories in the Kaliningrad region: implications for socio-economic policies
... demographic potential to increase the working-age population, while the western part of the oblast does not. The region has been implementing a policy of support for rural territories, especially for the peripheral eastern municipalities. However, there is a need for the policy to be further reinforced, alongside the development of a comprehensive spatial development strategy for the region. The article outlines proposals in this regard.
Introduction
Numerous works published in Russia and internationally ...
Information and propaganda strategies in German non-state media discourse during the COVID-19 pandemic
... managed to build public loyalty [9], [10]. This achievement required complex efforts, which involved various channels of communication, including non-state media.
The relevance of the study is therefore justified by the following provisions:
— the need to solve biopolitical problems during the crisis by building public loyalty to unpopular measures and maintaining a sufficient level of trust in the government to make society comply with the imposed restrictions;
— the established dependency between ...
Migration distances in Russia: a demographic profile of migrants
... large-area countries, such as Russia, not only does long-distance migration require much time and finance, but it is associated with substantial travel-related difficulties: the poor quality of roads, the unavailability of direct travel options, and the need to change between modes of transport. The nature and climate of one’s region of origin may produce opposite effects: a migrant might strive to move to an area with similar or, on the contrary, entirely different conditions. Moreover, people may ...
Space and Time as A Priori Forms in the Works of Hermann Cohen and Ivan Lapshin
In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries the need to rethink the status of space and time which Kant considered to be a priori forms of sensibility was prompted by the emergence of new approaches to the methodology of scientific cognition. In neo-Kantian interpretation these cognitive forms acquire ...
Economic and geopolitical aspects of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline
... Stream 2 gas pipeline project (NS 2) along the bottom of the Baltic Sea is aimed to increase gas supply from Russia to Germany and other EU countries. It serves mutual economic interests: the predicted growth in gas demand in the EU markets and the need to strengthen the energy security of the EU. The implementation of the NS 2 project is complicated by the need to allow for the EU energy legislation and by the expanding influence of geopolitical factors on EU – Russia cooperation, including those ...
Inclusive education in Russia and the Baltic countries: a comparative analysis
In this study, we examine the current state and prospects of inclusive education for learners with special needs and disabilities in the countries of the Baltic region (Poland, Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Norway, and Russia). We present a SWOT analysis of the development of inclusive education in different countries and analyse its ...
The social and pedagogical determinants of inclusive education: A comparative analysis of Western and Russian ideas
... education in an era of high-stakes testing // Prospects. 2009. № 39. Р. 265—279.
18. Peterson M. J., Hittle M. M. Inclusive teaching: The journey towards effective schools for all learners. Boston, 2010.
19. Porter J., Daniels H. Special educational needs and inclusion in a broader context. Learning needs and difficulties among children of primary school age: definition, identification, provision and issues // Инклюзивное образование: практика, исследования,...
Structure and dynamics of need reduction: a mathematical model
One of the features distinguishing human being from the outer world is the ability to set goals and motivation, which are closely connected with the processes of emergence and development of needs. On the basis of mathematical modelling, the author analyses the dynamics of development of need state for major types of needs.
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Ильин Е.
П.
Мотивация и мотивы. СПб., 2003.
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Леонтьев А.
Н.
Потребности,...
Biological and social needs in the system of urban-ecological attitudes
This article considers a city as an ecosystem in terms of opportunities to satisfy natural and social human needs. The author addresses the problem of creating environmentally safe and aesthetically attractive conditions in a modern city..
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Апресян Г.
З.
Эстетические отношения к природе в социалистическом ...
Diplomatic protocol as a tool of international economic relations
Both the official (state and diplomatic) and business protocols are frequently used in Europe; in Russia, it has become a focus of attention in recent years. Thus, there arises a need of training specialists in protocol. However, this aspect has not been tackled effectively by Russian universities. This article is aimed at identifying the need for the professional study of protocol at Russian universities. The paper analyses the ...
The geopolitical effect of the maritime factor on the spatial development of post-Soviet Russia: the Baltic case
... evaluates the economic condition of key Russian maritime centres and their resilience to external influences, especially geopolitical challenges. The article offers a geopolitical justification for Russia’s ongoing maritime endeavours, emphasizing the need for inter-basin, intermunicipal, and interregional integration. This integration should be accompanied by the establishment of coastal-intracontinental facilities, such as hubs, across Russia. It is imperative for the nation and its prominent corporations ...
From the editor
... Kuvalin and Yu. A. Shcherbanin shows how and why Baltic seaports have adapted to the new environment, managing to carry on successful operations. The article co-authored by A. S. Mikhaylov, D. D. Maksimenko, M. R. Maksimenko and M. M. Filatov stresses the need for restructuring cooperation ties in research and academia, namely those that previously involved ‘unfriendly’ countries. The concluding article is noteworthy as it offers a comparative assessment of innovation development in Northwest Russia: ...
Pure and Impure Philosophy in Kant’s Metaphilosophy
... philosophy, viz. the relationship between what Kant calls ‘pure’ philosophy vs. ‘applied’, ‘empirical’ or what we can broadly refer to as ‘impure’ philosophy. (As we shall see, in order to be able to address this third project, we shall also need to examine the other two projects in detail.) My plan is as follows. First, I discuss four main areas of pure vs. impure philosophy: (i) ‘pure logic’ vs. ‘applied logic’; (ii) ‘rational psychology’ vs. ‘empirical psychology’; (iii) ...
The Swedish institute’s scholarship policy as a soft power instrument
... programme to include advanced-level Swedish language learning. Two years later, the Institute announced that applicants who wished to pursue their studies in Swedish would be recognised as a priority target group.<19> The SI justified it with the need to support the Swedish language teaching in the Russian North-Western Federal District. Besides, the SI became responsible for distributing scholarships within the North2North mobility programme of the University of the Arctic consortium designed ...
Revisiting harm caused by illegal entrepreneurial activities
... and statistical method are used as the methodological basis of the research. The purpose of the research is to determine the amount of income received and the damage caused by illegal entrepreneurship. The achievement of this goal predetermined the need to consider various approaches to the interpretation of such a concept as "income from a crime under Article 171 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation". Within the framework of this study, a classification of damage from illegal ...
Societal security in the Baltic Sea Region: the Russian perspective
... reliability as well as to compare them with each other to exclude unreliable or erroneous data and biased judgements.
More specifically, I use three main principles to select and interpret empirical data:
1. Sources should be representative, i.e., they need to reflect typical rather than irregular developments in the Russian discourse on the BSR societal security;
2. Preferences are given to the data that provide valuable and timely information on Moscow’s policies in the region;
3. Priority is also ...
Why Study Kant? Framing the Problem
In its 2018 publication, Come On! the Club of Rome advocates the need for a New Enlightenment. It associates Kant with an Old Enlightenment that favours (i) individualism, (ii) rationalism and in general (iii) a lack of balance between different elements such as reason and feelings. In this discussion note, I argue ...
The model of proceedings in the court of first instance in the criminal procedure doctrine of Russia
The relevance of the study of proceedings in the court of first instance is determined by the need to build its model in the conditions of public and adversarial criminal proceedings, the purpose of which is to protect human rights. The criminal procedural norms regulating the resolution of a criminal legal dispute need to be systematized in order ...
Territorial structure of inbound and domestic tourism in the Baltic States
... and intermediate semi-peripheral areas provides a rationale for spatial development strategies for tourism and makes it possible to increase the efficiency of tourism destination management by distinguishing between driver regions and territories in need of support.
State of research
A surge of scientific interest in tourism development in the Baltic States as a cohesive region coincided with the independence of these countries. Agita Šļara and Iveta Druvaskalne have examined the role tourism ...
A typology of the Baltic region states according to excellence in science and technology
... responsible for promoting scientific and technological progress in Russia, as it is considered to be lagging behind leading countries due to an economy that is heavily reliant on exporting raw materials [1; 2; 5]. A number of papers substantiate the need for collaboration for the sake of scientific and technological development at the level of national industry and science [1], as well as at the level of the CIS member states [6] and the EAEU [7].
Having analyzed the indicators of scientific and ...
The two-party tendency in Poland’s political system: manifestations, causes and prospects
... where no new parties entered the parliament. In 2011, the ruling coalition was successfully re-elected for the second term, having broken the tradition of the opposition always winning parliamentary elections. In 2015, for the first time, there was no need to form a coalition in the Sejm, because one political force took the absolute majority of seats. The situation repeated itself in 2019. Both major parties have been in government and opposition: PiS has won three elections (in 2005, 2015 and 2019); ...
Attractiveness of the Kaliningrad region: pull factors and reasons for disappointments of migrants from Russian regions
... via social media and relocatee groups. The data analysis reveals a gap between migrant expectations and reality, identifying the causes of inconsistency between the incoming migration flow and the region’s development objectives and labour market needs. Based on the findings, the authors provide recommendations for a migration policy based on an accurate picture of the region and aimed at attracting the required workforce, as well as at migrants’ adaptation and support at the new place of residence....
Research methodology and geoecological assessment of watersheds of small water currents of polder lands in the Kaliningrad region
... both cases, water quality very often comes high in priority. Thanks to the analysis of data on pollution, it is possible to find out its sources, both anthropogenic and natural, the dominant pollutants, together with their intensity and dynamics, the need for treatment and environmental protection measures and their nature, and more. Hydrochemical indicators, the background of water pollution assessment, can be roughly divided into 2 groups: qualitative (concentration of chemicals) and quantitative ...
Heritage aspect of personal insurance
... particular, the rules of insurance. A number of proposals for changing the current legal regulation, formulated in the Concept for the Development of the Provisions of Part Two of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation on Insurance Contracts, naturally need a thorough doctrinal assessment. Such proposals also include the hereditary aspect of personal insurance highlighted in the Concept (paragraph 1, clause 2, article 934 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation). The purpose of the study is to ...
The birth of premature children and the causes of disability of the child population in the kaliningrad region
The purpose of this work is to study the frequency of birth of premature babies and disability in children and the need to accompany premature babies by a pediatric neuropsychologist in the Kaliningrad region. The disabled children in the Kaliningrad were registered from 2016 to 2020 through statistical reports of the birth rate of premature babies. Against the background ...
Latvian policy on the Russian-language education
... period of "occupation", made it impossible to keep the Russian-speaking school unchanged. The transformations were not long in coming — already in 1995 amendments to the law on the primary school and gymnasium were adopted, proclaiming the need to introduce several subjects in the Latvian language in schools for national minorities. The largest reforms were carried out in 2004, when high school in Russian-language schools (grades 10—12) was required to study in a 60/40 ratio — at ...
Modern indicators of urban development: challenges and opportunities for creating integral approaches to city management
There is an increasing need for the assessment of urban development rates in the world. In modern Russia, this need is reaffirmed by the transformation of regional economies, the economic acceleration of many major cities, and by the active introduction of strategic management ...
A philosophical framework for presenting novelty in a poetic text
... established algorithms of presenting and perceiving the new but disguise or surreptitiously reveal apparent novelty. One must explore the current practices of hedging against the new in the light of the philosophy of the text and in the context of the need to reconsider methods for studying the language of poetry. The possibility to decipher a poetic text is not embedded in it as an algorithm. The linguistic strategy of resisting the contemporary despotism of creativity results in the growing idiomaticity ...
The political debate on the change of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland after the parliamentary elections of 2015
... Republic of Poland. This initiated a political debate on constitutional matters. They are the subject of the article. Moreover, the most important current constitutional dilemmas were analyzed. The current constitutional debate refers both to the need to amend the Constitution of the Republic of Poland of 1997 and the need to pass a completely new basic law.
1. Ustawa Konstytucyjna z 2 kwietnia 1997 r. Dz. U. RP 1997. No 78, poz. 483.
2. Tomaszewski W. Władza wykonawcza w Polsce z perspektywy ...
Ambiguity matters in linguistics and translation
... is inherent to language and speech. In this article, I reflect on the types of ambiguity, its typology, production and effect and propose an algorithm for tackling ambiguity in translation. I posit that the choice of a translation strategy and the need for disambiguation in general depend on the type of ambiguity, its sources and character, i. e. whether ambiguity is intended or not. Intended ambiguity occurs when the speaker intentionally does not follow the logic of conceptual clues (primes) ...
The significance of the critique of A. I. Vvedensky’s ‘new psychophysiological law’ for Russian philosophy
... although preserving the particular critical field of metaphysics dealing with issues transcending the available rational knowledge. Such an approach to the role of metaphysics, as well as demarcation of the border between philosophy and psychology amid the need for coherent knowledge provoked sharp criticism. The author describes Vvednesky’s position, which can be traced in all of his later works. Its central elements is the need to create a coherent understanding of the world providing answers to all ...
Features of the implementation of the ACCESS international project in the Kaliningrad region based on the principles of inclusive education
... Microscholarship Program (ACCESS) in the Kaliningrad region is based on the principles of inclusive education. It makes the study of the English language more accessible to ado-lescents from an economically disadvantaged background and children with special needs. A greater sensitivity to cultural differences, coupled with the acquired language skills, enable the participants to take advantage of opportu-nities that had previously been unavailable to them.
1. Алехина С. В. Принципы инклюзии ...