For thousands of years the ancient silk routes served as major arteries of interaction, spanning the valleys of the Nile, the Tigris and Euphrates, the Indus and Ganges, and the Yellow and Yangtze rivers. They connected the birthplaces of the Egyptian, Babylonian, Indian and Chinese civilizations...
The Lead-Up to and Aftermath of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine On Feb. 24, 2022, the world watched as Russia invaded its neighboring country, Ukraine. How did the two countries, once tied together by the Soviet Union, get to this point? These are the major events that led to the crisis...
The year 2023 marks the mid-point of the 15-year period envisaged to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, targets for global development adopted in September 2015 by all United Nations Member States. To help track where we are on this journey, and to amplify success stories, in this ...
Reports issued by the McKinsey Global Institute are often cited in international media, and MGI authors frequently contribute to leading business publications. We offer a selection of articles below.
Finally, several additional measures are proposed (e.g., improved threshold values, international cooperation) that will help Russia achieve food security and become a major global agricultural producer.doi:10.1080/10611991.2018.1547594Altukhov, A....
Gidrograficheskii aspect (Polluted Lands in the Regions of Russia. Hydrographic Aspect), St. Petersburg: Nedra, 2004. Revich, B.A. and Maleev, V.V., Climate warming – possible consequences for public health, in Klimaticheskie izmeneniya: vzglyad iz Rossii (Climate Change: A View from ...
Also, China is a major trading partner of more than 140 countries and regions and leads the world in goods trade. China is also a major destination for foreign investment and a leading country in outbound investment. This is the result of diplomacy with Chinese characteristics. ...
So far only 3 countries, Russia, the US and China have the capacity to build spacecraft able to return to the earth. Among the three types of spacecraft, the spaceship is the smallest in scale and costs the least. It, therefore, became the first type of vessel to be put into use. ...
Due to improved healthcare, sanitation, and general living conditions, the global population continues to increase; mortality rates (particularly among infants and children) are decreasing and the median age of the world population has steadily increased for decades. As for the average life expectancy...
Major industries in Russia have capitalized on the country’s natural resources. One of the prominent industries is machine building, which suffered heavily after the disintegration of the Soviet Union, as there was a severe shortage ofcapital. This business re-emerged with time and is the leading...