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Why Organizations Fail
This advanced organizational research endeavor started in 2011, and has been an ongoing effort by faculty and interested graduate and undergraduate students. The research focuses on scientific studies of organizations in the United States and abroad. This volume is based on scientific studies of Dr. Elliott Jaques. The effort is led by Associate Professor, Sergey Ivanov, Ph.D., faculty member at the School of Business and Public Administration, University of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC, USA, and is widely supported by colleague faculty members, administration, and students.
Kgb Officers
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 108. Chapters: Vladimir Putin, Kim Philby, Alexander Litvinenko, Sergei Kourdakov, Igor Panarin, Heydar Aliyev, Sergei Ivanov, Anatoliy Golitsyn, Yevgeny Primakov, Sergei Tretyakov, George Blake, Alexander Lebedev, Yuri Ozerov, Alexander Vassiliev, Mikhail Trepashkin, Alexander Korzhakov, Oleg Gordievsky, Yuri Nosenko, Ivan Serov, Konon Molody, Mykola Melnychenko, Oleg Kalugin, German Ugryumov, Vasily Zarubin, Stanislav Levchenko, Nachman Dushanski, Nikolai Khokhlov, Bohdan Stashynsky, Yevhen Marchuk, Murat Zyazikov, Sergei Stepashin, Vasili Mitrokhin, Viktor...
Russia's Submarine Force
This thesis analyzes the factors likely to shape the future of the Russian submarine force, It examines key events affecting this force since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, and explores the determinants of these events, The Russian Federation inherited a huge submarine fleet from the Soviet Union, Due to the changing conditions in the world and in Russia, its future status is in doubt The thesis begins by analyzing the development and roles of the Soviet submarine force, It then considers the four most significant factors that have affected the submarine force since 1991: (1) Russia's poor economic performance, (2) Russia's changing national security requirements, (3) competition from the other military services for a limited defense budget, and (4) changes within the military and society, The thesis concludes that the Russian submarine force is unlikely to undergo a major revival, The most probable scenario involves a smaller and less capable force, The most influential factors may be Russia's economic performance and the military reform plans of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Defense Minister Sergey Ivanov,
Putin's Russia
A fifth edition of this book is now available. This thoroughly revised and updated edition of the classic text provides the most current and authoritative assessment of Russia available. Distinguished scholars offer a full-scale assessment of Putin's leadership, exploring the daunting domestic and international problems facing Russia today. Evaluating the regime's continued efforts to rebuild a country in shambles, the contributors consider a comprehensive array of economic, political, and social issues. In addition to updated core chapters, the book includes new essays on Putin's leadership, law, foreign policy, and the decline of democracy. The book concludes that Putin will continue to address his country's problems in an incremental and centralized manner as he moves toward his goal of restoring Russia to the status of a world power.
Holy Fools in Byzantium and Beyond
There are saints in Orthodox Christian culture who overturn the conventional concept of sainthood. Their conduct may be unruly and salacious, they may blaspheme and even kill - yet, mysteriously, those around them treat them with even more reverence. Such saints are called 'holy fools'. In this pioneering study Sergey A. Ivanov examines the phenomenon of holy foolery from a cultural standpoint. He identifies its prerequisites and its development in religious thought, and traces the emergence of the first hagiographic texts describing these paradoxical saints. He describes the beginnings of holy foolery in Egyptian monasteries of the fifth century, followed by its high point in the cities of Byzantium, with an eventual decline in the twelfth to fourteenth centuries. He also compares the important Russian tradition of holy fools, which in some form has survived to this day.
Municipal Water and Wastewater Services Reform in the Russian Federation
Russia is going through a complicated period of transforming its economy with a focus on the expansion of private sector activity. This includes reforms in the field of municipal water supply and wastewater disposal. This report presents an analysis of the condition of the municipal water supply and wastewater systems in Russia in the early part of the 21st Century and tries to provide answers to the eternal questions: what are the causes of problems faced and what needs to be done to solve them? The objectives of the reform of Russia's Vodokanals are described, along with the regulatory framework governing the sector, including the way tariffs are regulated. The current condition of water a...
Russia's Security and the War on Terror
This book discusses and provides examples of Russia’s need to reshape its security and military policies in order to meet the global challenges of fighting terrorism and counterinsurgency. It addresses some of the problems facing Russia’s national security and military power, including: military reform US-Russian relations the political economy of Russian security policy Russian policy regarding the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction the chances for US-Russian cooperation in ballistic missile defence. Russia's Security and the War on Terror provides a insight into Russian military policies and its changing relationship with NATO throughout the 1990s. This book was previously published as a special issue of The Journal of Slavic Military Studies
Holy Fools in Byzantium and Beyond
The image of St Basil's Cathedral in Moscow's Red Square is a familar Russian landmark. Yet few people know what made Basil so famous. He was a saint who wandered about naked, bullied passers-by, brawled in the market-place, and once even smashed a revered icon. Saints such as Basil overturn the conventional concept of sainthood - what, we may ask, is saintly about them? This book aims to solve the mystery by exploring the figure of the holy fool in Byzantium and in later Russianhistory.
