The “long twentieth century” — 1873-1990 — is therefore both the century of the deployment of the first systemic and profound crisis of aging capitalism (to the point where Lenin thought that this monopoly capitalism constituted the “highest stage of capitalism”) and that of the first triumphant..…

If authorized by the court, an investigation in Afghanistan will be the court’s second country situation outside of Africa. In 2016, the ICC judges opened an investigation in Georgia concerning the 2008 conflict with Russia over South Ossetia. ..…

Topics Eastern Europe, Jews and Judaism, Russia, Religion and Society, Religion and Government, Religious Beliefs and Practices, Middle East and North Africa. ..…

Armed conflicts have proliferated and spread from the Middle East to other parts of Asia, Africa, and even Europe. . By annexing Crimea and establishing separatist enclaves in Ukraine, Putin’s Russia has challenged both the prevailing world order, which depends on the Western powers for..…

Group II countries are Brazil, Colombia, India, Indonesia, Israel, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Peru, Philippines, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey, Venezuela. Group III China, Egypt, Jordan, Pakistan, Russia. Israeli bonds would probably not be renewed... ..…

Africa in Russia: Russia in Africa: Three Centuries of Encounters. Trenton: Africa World Press, 2007. . ... Blacks in Russia: An Historical Perspective. ESPER (Ebony Society of Philatelic Events and Reflections, Inc.), Volume 11, Issue 2 (April 30, 2005):..…

In 2012, over 35 million people were living with HIV/AIDS, 69 percent of them in Sub-Saharan Africa and most of them heterosexual. . If legislation in the US was mostly favoring gays, especially gay couples, in Russia, the Muslim world, and black Africa, opposition to gays was on..…

It covered Muslims in 39 countries, which are divided into six regions in this report – Southern and Eastern Europe (Russia and the Balkans), Central Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa. . ..…

Outside of the Middle East and North Africa, the generational differences are not as sharp. And the survey finds that in one country – Russia – the general pattern is reversed and younger Muslims are significantly more observant than their elders. . . ..…

Out of these, however, more than six-in-ten (62%) have a smaller Muslim population than do Russia and China individually. . The Middle East-North Africa region contains the highest percentage of Muslim-majority countries compared with other regions. ..…