Articles by R G Gidadhubli

Yeltsin s free market economic policies have thrown Russian economy out of gear, resulting in increased unemployment, destitution and crime in the resource-scare regions of the country.

of placing restraints on enterprise, but governments cannot wither away: a positive role of the government is called for. They refer approvingly to the Panchayati Raj constitutional amendments that mandate elections, reserve seats for women and members of scheduled castes and tribes in panchayats, and devolve some decisionmaking to local authorities. But they arc again overwhelmed by their social diagnosis; "...it would be naive toexpect too much from them (the amendments) unless the other causes of this problem are also addressed". Decentralisation without social change is unlikely to work.

R G Gidadhubli AFTER the disintegration of the former Soviet Union, Russia is in the process of formulating its own foreign policy. While the policy parameters of the former Soviet Union with regard to political and economic external relations have been discarded, a stable (specific and identifiable) policy framework of the post-Soviet Russian government is yet to lake shape, External economic relations of Russia under the leadership of Boris Yeltsin are characterised by de-ideologisation, keen desire to integrate with international economic institutions, interest to use good will and gains in external relations for achieving politico-economic objectives in domestic sphere and so on. In this background it is important to understand where does Asia stand in Russia's foreign policy and, particularly, in its economic policy? Is there a continuity or change in policy towards India after the disintegration of the Soviet Union which was a major partner of India in economic relations? What are the prospects for Russia' s economic relations with Asia in general and India in particular in the short and medium term? An effort has been made in this article 'to analyse these issues.

R G Gidadhubli Russia has become a fertile source for the illegal trade in nuclear materials given its large numbers of retrenched army personnel inadequate defence budgets and underpaid or unpaid staff.

At a seminar in Washington in February, the managing director of the IMF sought to defend the Fund's prescription of so-called shock therapy' to bring about the successful economic transformation of the former USSR and other countries of eastern Europe, How convincing were his arguments?