Dmitry Pozhidaev

Dmitry Pozhidaev — Guglielmo Carchedi and Michael Roberts’ new book offers a necessary counterpoint and challenge to dominant economic paradigms that continue to marginalise value theory.

US re-engagement with Russia under Trump came as a shock to many, particularly its European allies. Dmitry Pozhidaev looks at the deeper strategic logic underpinning this apparent tectonic shift in US foreign policy.

Dmitry Pozhidaev — Lenin’s vision of the national question was far from assimilationist; it was a dialectical approach that recognised proletarian internationalism could only be built on respect for national and cultural differences.

Dmitry Pozhidaev — Unless the student protests in Serbia transform into a larger popular movement, they will gradually dissipate without leaving a lasting impact.

Dmitry Pozhidaev — The student protests are significant in that they expose and deepen the fractures within Serbian capitalism, potentially laying the groundwork for more profound political shifts in the future.

Dmitry Pozhidaev — In 2024, Serbia offered a particularly clear reflection of the three core dimensions of capitalism’s crisis: political, economic and systemic.

Dmitry Pozhidaev — On November 29, 1943, amid the turmoil of World War II, the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia (AVNOJ) proclaimed the foundation of a new Yugoslavia that envisioned a radically different future.

Dmitry Pozhidaev — By integrating historical analysis, dialectical critique and a pragmatic vision for action, Boris Kagarlitsky’s new book offers a roadmap for reclaiming the future.

Dmitry Pozhidaev — Criticism of the UN has never been as harsh as it is today, with the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East exposing its perceived inability to address them.

Dmitry Pozhidaev — In many ways, Acemoglu and Robinson’s framework echoes the “end of history” thesis popularised by Francis Fukuyama.

Dmitry Pozhidaev — By focusing on ideology and Putin’s personal motivations, Matveev overlooks class dynamics and the material interests of Russia’s capitalist class, which are crucial to understanding Russia’s post-2014 foreign policy.

Dmitry Pozhidaev — ‘Capitalism in the Twenty-first Century Through the Prism of Value’ aims to explain 21st-century capitalism through Karl Marx’s value theory.