April 2015 – CESRAN International

Russian Foreign Policy under Dmitry Medvedev’s Presidency (2008-2012)

CESRAN Int.29 April 20154 May 2015

Summary Putin’s Russia (2000-2008) not only established internal stability, following the difficult and painful transition of the 1990’s onwards, but recovered economically, bolstered by a rapid increase in revenues from...

CESRAN Blog Energy & Environment

So the Oceans are Worth $24 Trillion U.S.

CESRAN Int.26 April 201524 July 2015

It is good to know that we humans have done our audit and determined what the oceans are worth. The chief architect putting a price tag to 70% of the...

CESRAN Blog Russia and Eurasia

Nazarbaev Heads For A New Term In Kazakh Vote

CESRAN Int.26 April 201526 April 2015

Voters in Kazakhstan are voting in a ballot that is expected to result in the reelection of President Nursultan Nazarbaev. With authorities clamping down on opposition and keeping tight control over...

Africa

At War against Itself: Religious Identity, Militancy and Growing Insecurity in Northern Nigeria

CESRAN Int.2 April 20152 April 2015

JCTS (Journal of Conflict Transformation and Security) | Vol. 4 | No. 1-2 | April-October 2014 Abstract This paper critically examines the uneasy nexus between religious identity and spiralling violence...