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Author and writer for The Atlantic Magazine Ta-Nehisi Coates sits down with David to talk about his upbringing in Baltimore, his early forays into journalism, race and politics in America, his reflections on the Obama presidency, and much more.
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Secularization as Sociocultural MegatrendThe article deals with the widely discussed issue of the phenomena of secularization and desecularization under conditions of diffusion of religious pluralism. New forms and functions of "returning" religiousness in modern multicultural societies are addressed. Author studies above questions from the perspective of sociology of religion and makes an attempt to critically discuss crucial standpoints in the domain.

Through an autoethnographic poetry manifesto, the author makes the case for poetry as political, poetry as feminist practice, poetry as social research and autoethnography, poetry as the personal that becomes the universal, and poetry as visionary activism. The use of personal poetry engages the political power of poetry to present embodied, nuanced, and myriad scenes of marginalized and stigmatized identities.

A layered, fractured text, this piece plays in the space afforded by an invitation to reflect on neoliberalism in the academy. Seeking by way of story to make sense, make meaning of the personal in the political, the author finds herself in a poetic "ruminarrative" accounting of the fragments, the fictions, and the funnies that define (and defy) this academic life.

About the Author Zachary Brown is a native of Toronto Ontario and a junior studying history at Stanford University with a concentration in US history. His academic interests include the American Civil War, the rhetoric of Anglo-Indian interactions in the Colonial period, and political authority in the Hellenistic period and the early Roman Empire. Zachary hopes to pursue graduate studies in history.

Recent changes in legislation allow for non-physicians to independently perform many of the duties previously restricted to physicians. There are potentially benefits to these changes, but the author is concerned that some of the attributes of physicians induced by the long and rigorous training embedded in the profession may be absent in this new, independent health-care work force.

The author examines the reputational characteristics of the formation of political actors at the expense of the state budget, the specificity of the mechanism of implementation of government procurement and modern Russian practice. ; В статье автор исследует процесс формирования репутационных характеристик политических акторов за счет средств государственного бюджета, специфику механизма реализации государственных закупок и современную российскую практику.

This article analyses the problems of Russian world in center of ideological and political confrontation. The author describes the models of perception of the Russian world in the West, CIS and Russia. ; В статье исследуются проблемы Русского мира, который находится в центре идеологического и политического противоборства. Показаны модели восприятия Русского мира на Западе, в СНГ и в России.

The paper explores the identitarian context of Russia's cinematic narratives on the war in Chechnya. It draws on various strategies of war representation through films and uncovers their ideological and political underpinnings. The author explicates how the cinematographic imagery grounded in the Chechen war experience boosts the hegemonic discourse of the Kremlin, and then discusses whether fictional films deliver critical or counter-hegemonic arguments.

The author considers, in the broad Middle East perspective, the impact of the ISIS and its activities on the situation in the North Caucasus. An analysis is suggested of the recent trends in Russian Islamic community and in the whole Ummah as well as challenges to Russia from the ISIS. The article also proposes some recommendations aimed to reduce security threats to our country.

Author and columnist Rafia Zakaria critiques the coverage of honor crimes in the West. If the project of honor-crime storytelling is to bring about a moral shift in communities, then the naming-and-shaming model of journalism has failed. Instead, stories need to be directed toward deeper, more contextualized narratives that unlock the how and why of these crimes.

The author presents, in general outline, the theoretical TQM, i.e, total quality management model in the official statistics, beginning with data quality assessments prepared by the National Statistical Institutions in different countries. Next, philosophy of TQM is outlined in different fields, mainly in statistics. Using Eurostat publications, different component of TQM are discussed, focusing on system, process and leaders approaches, in TQM implementation.

Arthur Brooks, president of the American Enterprise Institute and author of "The Conservative Heart," chats with David about his time living in Europe, the U.S. Immigration debate, how to combat the current political polarization, and more.
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The author presents a debate in which he and Sir Kenneth Barrill, chairman of a British Think Tank closely linked to government circles, discuss priorities in Adult Education. While Sir Kenneth argues forcefully to direct government priorities towards job retraining programmes, Mr. Groombridge favours a more all-encompassing education policy that can answer human needs other than job qualification.

This article discusses domestic measures taken by the Netherlands to combat the phenomenon of foreign terrorist fighters, predominantly in the context of the Syrian conflict. It discusses criminal prosecution, asset freezes, deprivation of nationality and revocation of travel documents. The author concludes that in each of these fields, there is a close relationship between international law and national law.