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Boris Porfiriev

Boris Porfiryev is a professor and Director of the Laboratory of Forecasting and Analysis of Natural and Technogenic Risks in the Economy at the Economic Forecasting Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He has a Doctorate in Economics.

 

  • 7 july 2010

    Climate Change and Economy

    In spite of the highly controversial picture of climate change, it is fairly clear that already in the near future all world countries will increasingly employ climate change as a pretext for shackling their counterparties and stimulating their own producers in the competition for a speedy transition to new technological systems in the economy.

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A revolutionary chaos of the new world

The world is getting more troublesome and increasingly challenging right before our eyes.

Editor's column

Will Russia Lose Georgia for Good?

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili finally got what he couldn’t get for several years: an official visit to the White House.

Climate Change and Economy

In spite of the highly controversial picture of climate change, it is fairly clear that already in the near future all world countries will increasingly employ climate change as a pretext for shackling their counterparties and stimulating their own producers in the competition for a speedy transition to new technological systems in the economy.

Reviews and essays

Russia Is Not Prepared to Restore the Empire

When the Baltic countries entered NATO and the European Union a couple of years ago, many thought it was the end of the centuries-old "red line." Euro-Atlantic organizations had crossed into the former Russian and Soviet empires.

Russia at the Turn of the Century: Hopes and Reality

In September 2004, the Russian city of Novgorod hosted an international conference entitled Russia at the Turn of the Century: Hopes and Reality. Its organizers were the RIA Novosti news agency, the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, Russia in Global Affairs, and The Moscow Times.