Future of Russia in 2030
INTRODUCTION
By asking questions about present day Russia and looking at trends, we aim to develop 4 plausible but unconventional scenarios about Russia's future in 2030.
GROUP MEMBERS
Ankit Anand
Chih-Hou Chen
Andrei Grigorian
Mark Pospisilik
Elsa Sheng
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
- Economic Questions
- Political Questions
- Policy
- Technological Questions
- Foreign Investment Questions
- Racism in Russia
- Demographics
- Miscellaneous
LINKS
1. Putin's Russia: past imperfect, future uncertain, Dale Roy Herspring http://books.google.nl/books?hl=nl&lr=&id=4Y9_fYt9iagC&oi=fnd&pg=PR11&dq=Russia+future&ots=nvGBWNl5X6&sig=sK9ZU5Q7eIwYv1JTDj3GXtIfeSc#v=onepage&q=&f=false
Russia: continuity and change By Gerald Hinteregger, Hans-Georg Heinrich, Hans-Georg Heinrich (Univ.-Doz. Dr.) http://books.google.nl/books?id=1YGJDLpLYWEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Russia+future&lr=&source=gbs_similarbooks_s&cad=1#v=onepage&q=Russia%20future&f=false
2. http://www.plausiblefutures.com/ Just type Russia in as a keyword and it will give any related news
3. Chances for a Reset in Russian Politics "Russia in Global Affairs". № 2, April - June 2009 By Dmitry Badovsky http://eng.globalaffairs.ru/numbers/27/1274.html
4. How Russia could be more productive, McKinsey Quarterly http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Economic_Studies/Country_Reports/How_Russia_could_be_more_productive_2435
5. International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) http://www.iiasa.ac.at/
6. Gapminder http://www.gapminder.org/
REFERENCE
1.http://eng.globalaffairs.ru/ A journal on foreign affairs and international relations
2.http://www.weforum.org/pdf/GCR09/GCR20092010fullreport.pdf 2009-2010 the Global Competitive Report, take a look at pg.210-pg211
3.https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/rs.html
DRIVING FORCES
Political Driving Forces
- Break down in Russo-Chinese relations
- Increasing instability in the Caucasus
- Improved the relation with the US
Societal Driving Forces
Environmental Driving Forces
Economic Driving Forces
- Increasing value of Nature Resource (Oil, Natural Gas) in Russia
- The Rise of BRIC Economies
- Poor Business Climate
- The post-Kyoto Economy of Russia