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UN Reform at a Crossroads: Merge, Shrink, or Rebuild?
  • Dmitry Pozhidaev
  • May 3, 2025
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UN Reform at a Crossroads: Merge, Shrink, or Rebuild?

A crisis response or a structural reboot? The recent Reuters report titled “Exclusive: UN eyes big overhaul amid funding crisis, internal memo shows” reveals that the United Nations is contempl

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The United Nations: Balancing High Ideals and Harsh Realities
  • Dmitry Pozhidaev
  • October 29, 2024

The United Nations: Balancing High Ideals and Harsh Realities

October 24th marks United Nations Day, commemorating the moment in 1945 when the UN officially came into being, following the ratification of its Charter by the majority of signatories, including t

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Dependency Theory After 50 Years: Development, United Nations, War in Ukraine and the Global Fragmentation
  • Dmitry Pozhidaev
  • February 20, 2024February 20, 2024
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Dependency Theory After 50 Years: Development, United Nations, War in Ukraine and the Global Fragmentation

This book by the prominent Argentinian economist Claudio Katz explores the contemporary relevance of the dependency theory: to what extent does it explain today’s world? Dependency theory: the fu

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What does Africa’s post-colonial history teach us about the war in Ukraine?
  • Dmitry Pozhidaev
  • July 1, 2023July 1, 2023

What does Africa’s post-colonial history teach us about the war in Ukraine?

I should immediately apologize to the readers for the deliberately provocative and (somewhat) misleading title of this review. This is a review of Martin Welz’s book “Africa Since Decolonizatio

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