The Price of Oil and Soviet/Russian Aggressiveness. CEPS Commentary, 16 January 2015

A decade-long period of a steadily rising oil prices (and that of other raw materials) has given Russia a feeling of strength, bordering on invulnerability, which has made the country more assertive, and ready to use any opportunity to deploy its military power. Based on his analysis of Russian behaviour over the past 50 years, Daniel Gros finds that the abrupt reversal of this trend since the summer of 2014 portends a much less aggressive Russian stance as long as the price of oil remains at present levels.

Basic Statistics for Fifteen European Countries. Comparison with the United States of America and with the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics. 3rd Edition, November 1961

Population; national product; agriculture; energy; industry; transport; external trade; standard of living; trends of major economic indicators in the six

Statistiques de base de douze pays Europeens. Comparaison avec les Etats-Unis d'Amerique et l'Union des Republiques Socialistes Sovietiques. Deuxieme Edition. Octobre 1958 = Basic Statistics for Twelve European Countries. Comparison with the United States of America and with the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics. Second Edition. October 1958

Population; produit national; agriculture; industrie; transports; niveau de vie; commerce exterieur

Statistiques de base de douze pays Europeens. Comparaison avec les Etats-Unis d'Amerique et l'Union des Republiques Socialistes Sovietiques. First Edition. Fevrier 1958 = Basic Statistics for Twelve European Countries. Comparison with the United States of America and with the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics. First Edition. February 1958

Population; produit national; agriculture; industrie

Basic Statistics of the Community. Comparison with some European countries, the United States of America and with the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics. Fourth Edition. November 1963

Population; national product; agriculture; energy; industry; transport; external trade; standard of living; trends of major economic indicators in the six; supplementary statistics on iron and steel-trends from 1952-62; supplementary statistics in an social field-employment, earnings, expenditure, social security