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=INTRODUCTION=
=INTRODUCTION=
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[[Image:russia_flg.gif|thumb|The Flag of Russia Federation|220px]]
[[Image:russamap.gif|thumb|Russia Map|220px]]
[[Image:georgia-russia conflict.jpg|thumb|Russia Georgia conflict|220px]]
By asking questions about present day Russia and looking at trends, we aim to develop  three plausible but unconventional scenarios about Russia's future in 2030.


=GROUP MEMBERS=
=GROUP MEMBERS=
[[User:Ankit  Anand|Ankit  Anand]]<br>
[[User:Chih-Hou Chen|Chih-Hou Chen]]<br>
[[User:Chih-Hou Chen|Chih-Hou Chen]]<br>
[[User:Andrei Grigorian|Andrei Grigorian]]<br>
[[User:Andrei Grigorian|Andrei Grigorian]]<br>
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=RESEARCH QUESTIONS=
=RESEARCH QUESTIONS=


Economic  
#[[Economic Questions]]
#[[Political Questions]]
#[[Policy]]
#[[Technological Questions]]
#[[Foreign Investment Questions]]
#[[Racism in Russia]]
#[[Demographics]]
#[[Miscellaneous]]


1. What are competitive advantages of Russia as a country?
=DRIVING FORCES=


2. Except for the nature resources, what are others strengths of the country?
===Political Driving Forces===
#[[Break down in Russo-Chinese relations ]]
#[[Increasing instability in the Caucasus ]]
#[[Improved the relation with the US]]
#[[Increase/Decrease of individual and democratic rights and freedoms]]
#[[Increase/Decrease in the rule of law]]


3. How does Russia position itself as a country? Eg: IT cluster/ nature resources
===Societal Driving Forces===
# [[Decline of the Russian population]]


4. For Russia, is the energy a political tool?
=== Environmental Driving Forces ===
# [[Enforcement of Environmental policy in Russia]]


5. Now Russia also aims at technology development, is it a strategic goal?
=== 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]]


6. How many resources are there left in Russia (current estimates)
=== Technological Driving Forces ===


7. What percentage of GDP from Russian exports goes towards infrastructure and development? Where is it invested?
# [[The Increasing Influence of the Internet]]
# [[Russia's Investment in Military Technology]]


8. What does the Russian federal government spend money on?  What are the spending priorities?
=System DIAGRAMS=
[[Image:System_diagram2.jpg|480px]]


9. Has there been any infrastructure and development in rural Russia? Has the life improved?
=Inference Matrix=
[http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Auifd1C_Qhl_dFB4NlQtRFBBb2Fsd1lOM0JzYUhkSWc&hl=en Russia Scenario inference Matrix]


10. Why is Moscow one of the most expensive cities in the world?
=Scenario trees=
[[Image:russiatree2.jpg|600px|Scenario Tree for the Future of Russia]]


11. Will Russia’s dependency on oil bring about the same collapse as occurred in Soviet Union?
=INTERVIEWS=


12. Is there a free market system operating in Russia?
# [[Interview 1 : Senior Executive of large company operating in Russia]]
# [[Interview 2 : Bobo Lo, Senior Research Fellow at Centre for European Reform: London]]
# [[Interview/reference 3: Conversation with Dmitry Medvedev. Answers to questions from Director of News Programmes at Russia's Channel One Kirill Kleimenov,October 11, 2009]]


13. What is the degree of state control of business?
=SCENARIOS=
 
14. What is the corruption picture? What effects does corruption have on the development of countries in general and Russia in particular?
 
15. If there was no oil tomorrow, how could Russia compete?
 
16. What other promising sectors are developing in Russia? If any at all?
 
17. Besides oil, gas, army, what is the other big things for Russia?
 
18. How to the government spend the oil money?
 
19. What is the most important aspect of government spending? Education, Healthcare, aged population?
 
20. What will be the nature scarcity for Russia in 2030?
 
21. The wealth distribution among poor and rich will get worse or not?
 
 
Trade and Foreign investment
 
23. For each of the major natural resource exports from Russia, what proportion of the global supply is controlled by Russia?
 
24. What is the level of foreign investment in Russia?  Which industries receive foreign investment?
 
25. What are Russia’s biggest imports?
 
26. Who are Russia’s biggest trading partners?
 
 
Political
 
1. The wars happened between Russia and its neighbors (Georgia/ Russia)
 
2. Does Medvedev have any control over the government?
 
3. Is Putin really behind everything that goes on in Russian politics at the moment?
 
4. Why does Russian want to control Chechnya?
 
5. Look at what the relationship is with Ramzan Kadyrov.
 
6. What was behind the conflict in Georgia?
 
7. Is Russia going to continue this policy towards its regional neighbours?


8. What happened in Ukraine?
#'''[[Black Gold's Curse:Crumbling Empire]]'''<br>
#'''[[Putin: Return of the Czar]]'''<br>
#'''[[Green Shoots]]'''<br>


9. Why is Russia paranoid about former Soviet bloc countries being absorbed into the E.U?
=REFERENCES=


10. What is Russia’s official and unofficial stance on relationship with EU, US, China, India, Brazil?
<b>Links</b>


11. What is Russia’s strategic intentions?
1.[http://eng.globalaffairs.ru/  A journal on foreign affairs and international relations]<br> 


12. Remain local power and build up a buffer?
2.[http://www.weforum.org/pdf/GCR09/GCR20092010fullreport.pdf 2009-2010 the Global Competitive Report, take a look at pg.210-pg211]<br>


13. Does Russia want to see a situation similar to USSR? Regain its lost power?
3.[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/rs.html Russia world factbook]<br>


14. Shed all neighbours and become Russia? Can they be divided like this?
4.[http://www.weforum.org/en/initiatives/Scenarios/RussiaScenarios/index.htm Russia scenarios web reference 2025]<br>


15. What role do Muslims play in Russian history – Kazan (example of autonomous republic)
5.[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 Putin's Russia: past imperfect, future uncertain, Dale Roy Herspring]<br>


16. Terrorism – just a tool for Russia to make more draconian laws? (US parallel)
6.[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 Russia: continuity and change By Gerald Hinteregger, Hans-Georg Heinrich, Hans-Georg Heinrich]


17. Role of terrorism on development in Russia
7.[http://www.plausiblefutures.com/ just type Russia in as a keyword and it will give any related news]<br>


18. Role of Stalin and personality cult today?
8.[http://eng.globalaffairs.ru/numbers/27/1274.html/ Chances for a Reset in Russian Politics "Russia in Global Affairs". No 2, April - June 2009 By Dmitry Badovsky]


19. Putin’s image – why has it been so cultivated?
9.[http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Economic_Studies/Country_Reports/How_Russia_could_be_more_productive_2435 How Russia could be more productive, McKinsey Quarterly]<br>


20. Opposition to Putin/Medvedev – does it exist?
10.[http://www.iiasa.ac.at/ International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)]<br>


21. What has happened to opposition in the past?
11.[http://www.gapminder.org/ Gapminder]<br>


22. Abramovich – who?is he? What is his relationship with politicians and Putin in particular?
12.[http://www.jpri.org/publications/workingpapers/wp62.html/ JPRI Working Paper No. 62: November 1999 The Chinese Diaspora, Mongolia and the Sino-Russian Frontier, by Robert Bedeski]<br>


23. What is the foreign policy of Russia regards to China, US, EU?
13.[http://www.ted.com/talks/parag_khanna_maps_the_future_of_countries.html/TED.com: Parag Khanna maps the future of countries]<br>


24. Is Russia going back to autocratic again ?
14.[http://eng.kremlin.ru// President of Russia official website]<br>


25. What is the role change form KGB to FSB?
15.[http://www.minfin.ru/en/// Russia Ministry of Finance]<br>




Racism in Russia:


27. Does it play a role in politics? If so, what?
<b>Videos</b>
 
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZMvwUFkvF0 Davo Open Forum 2008--Russia Geopolitical Ambitions]
28. Racism in Russia – how advanced is it?
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5PWjcR4wzI Davo Annual meeting 2007--Modern Russia(government)]
 
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86rP7TZdzCM Davo Annual meeting 2007--Modern Russia(Business)]
29. How do you explain resurgence of fascism in a country which fought against Nazism?
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfZF5TsXHeU Davo Open Forum 2007--Managing access to Oil]
 
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LAhmCOvvHU Russia CEO rundtable--Dmitry Medvedev]
30. Is the democratic system can be alive?
 
31. Is Putin will be the president forever until he died?
 
32. What is the most serious internal conflict for Russia?
 
33. Wars with other countries
 
34. What are Russia’s current strategic priorities?
 
35. What is the role of the FSB?  How influential is the FSB?
 
36. How much corruption is there in Russia?  Is it government corruption?  Private corruption?  How much does corruption cost Russia?
 
37. How much influence does Russia have over its former satellites?  What is the source of that influence?
 
 
 
Technology
 
1. What is the science and technology focus for Russia, military weapons?
 
2. Does Russia have any globally recognized technology clusters?  Centers of research excellence?
 
3. Does Russia have any federal initiatives to develop/import technologies?
 
4.
 
 
Demographics
 
5. What is the rate of alcoholism in Russia?
 
6. Death rate?
 
7. Is the population getting smaller?
 
8. What impact will this have on the country?
 
9. Role of Muslim population in Russia?
 
10. Is the population of Russia getting less?
 
11. Immigration policy? Laws to do with immigration.
 
12. What is the median age of Russia?
 
13. Is there net immigration to Russia?  Net emigration from Russia?  Where to?  Or where from?
 
14. What is the level of internet usage/penetration in Russia?
 
 
 
Environmental
 
Internal Factors
 
External Factors
 
Miscellaneous
 
1. Is Russia becoming a superpower in 2030?
 
2. What is the strength of Russia?
 
3. Is Russia federation going to breakdown in 2030?
 
4. What does Russia people most needed in 2030? Better Income, health, or others?
 
5. How highly ranked are Russian post-secondary institutions? 
 
6. How much interaction/contact do Russian researchers/students have with foreign researchers/students?
 
=LINKS=
Putin's Russia: past imperfect, future uncertain
By 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
 
Website*****
http://www.plausiblefutures.com/
Just type Russia in as a keyword and it will give any related news
 
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
 
=DRIVING FORCES=
 
=DIAGRAMS=
 
=SCENARIOS=

Latest revision as of 18:20, 17 October 2009

INTRODUCTION

The Flag of Russia Federation
Russia Map
Russia Georgia conflict

By asking questions about present day Russia and looking at trends, we aim to develop three plausible but unconventional scenarios about Russia's future in 2030.

GROUP MEMBERS

Chih-Hou Chen
Andrei Grigorian
Mark Pospisilik
Elsa Sheng

RESEARCH QUESTIONS

  1. Economic Questions
  2. Political Questions
  3. Policy
  4. Technological Questions
  5. Foreign Investment Questions
  6. Racism in Russia
  7. Demographics
  8. Miscellaneous

DRIVING FORCES

Political Driving Forces

  1. Break down in Russo-Chinese relations
  2. Increasing instability in the Caucasus
  3. Improved the relation with the US
  4. Increase/Decrease of individual and democratic rights and freedoms
  5. Increase/Decrease in the rule of law

Societal Driving Forces

  1. Decline of the Russian population

Environmental Driving Forces

  1. Enforcement of Environmental policy in Russia

Economic Driving Forces

  1. Increasing value of Nature Resource (Oil, Natural Gas) in Russia
  2. The Rise of BRIC Economies
  3. Poor Business Climate
  4. The post-Kyoto Economy of Russia

Technological Driving Forces

  1. The Increasing Influence of the Internet
  2. Russia's Investment in Military Technology

System DIAGRAMS

System diagram2.jpg

Inference Matrix

Russia Scenario inference Matrix

Scenario trees

Scenario Tree for the Future of Russia

INTERVIEWS

  1. Interview 1 : Senior Executive of large company operating in Russia
  2. Interview 2 : Bobo Lo, Senior Research Fellow at Centre for European Reform: London
  3. Interview/reference 3: Conversation with Dmitry Medvedev. Answers to questions from Director of News Programmes at Russia's Channel One Kirill Kleimenov,October 11, 2009

SCENARIOS

  1. Black Gold's Curse:Crumbling Empire
  2. Putin: Return of the Czar
  3. Green Shoots

REFERENCES

Links

1.A journal on foreign affairs and international relations

2.2009-2010 the Global Competitive Report, take a look at pg.210-pg211

3.Russia world factbook

4.Russia scenarios web reference 2025

5.Putin's Russia: past imperfect, future uncertain, Dale Roy Herspring

6.Russia: continuity and change By Gerald Hinteregger, Hans-Georg Heinrich, Hans-Georg Heinrich

7.just type Russia in as a keyword and it will give any related news

8.Chances for a Reset in Russian Politics "Russia in Global Affairs". No 2, April - June 2009 By Dmitry Badovsky

9.How Russia could be more productive, McKinsey Quarterly

10.International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

11.Gapminder

12.JPRI Working Paper No. 62: November 1999 The Chinese Diaspora, Mongolia and the Sino-Russian Frontier, by Robert Bedeski

13.Parag Khanna maps the future of countries

14.President of Russia official website

15.Russia Ministry of Finance


Videos

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