Vladimir Putin's attempts to justify the invasion of Ukraine as a just war to reunite historically Russian lands reflect the expansionist ideology at the heart modern Russia's imperial identity, write Glenn Chafetz and John Sipher.
How could it not succumb to rampant corruption? Since russia remains an empire, the “Foucault’s boomerang” predilects it to oppressive highly centralised power system. In such a system, intelligent opposition is dangerous, and nobody wants true separation of powers. Without the separation of powers, corruption is rampant.
How could it not succumb to rampant corruption? Since russia remains an empire, the “Foucault’s boomerang” predilects it to oppressive highly centralised power system. In such a system, intelligent opposition is dangerous, and nobody wants true separation of powers. Without the separation of powers, corruption is rampant.