Conflicts and their consequences

Economy, public administration and legal relations under the permanent armed conflicts: paradoxes and regularities of development

Economic Annals-XXI

Economic Annals-ХХI: Volume 181, Issue 1-2, Pages: 4-17

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Martseniuk, L., Cherniak, N., Tishchenkova, S., & Botvinov, R. (2020). Economy, public administration and legal relations under the permanent armed conflicts: paradoxes and regularities of development. Economic Annals-XXI, 181(1-2), 4-17. doi: https://doi.org/10.21003/ea.V181-01

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Larysa Martseniuk
D.Sc. (Economics),
Associate Professor,
Professor of the
Department of Economics and Management,
Dnipro National University of Railway Transport named after Academician V. Lazaryan
2 Lazarian Ave., Dnipro, 49010, Ukraine
larysam1068@ukr.net
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4121-8826

Nataliia Cherniak
PhD (Law),
Associate Professor,
Department of Criminal Procedure,
Dnipropetrovsk State University of Internal Affairs
26 Gagarin Ave., Dnipro, 49005, Ukraine
cherniak_nat@i.ua
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9494-7016

Svitlana Tishchenkova
PhD (Law),
Professor,
Department of Forensics and Pre-medical Training,
Dnipropetrovsk State University of Internal Affairs
26 Gagarin Ave., Dnipro, 49005, Ukraine
tishchenkova@ukr.net
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0130-0422

Rostislav Botvinov
D.Sc. (Public Administration),
Professor of the
Department of Business Law and Process,
University of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine
31 Universytetska Ave., Irpin, 08205, Ukraine
Pravda0050@gmail.com
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5865-2680

Abstract. The paper incorporates a recurrently resonating question: «How does a long-standing armed conflict influence the economy of the warring countries in the contemporary polycentric world where foreign-policy activity of the new «centres of power» acquires somewhat chaotic, unpredictable pattern?»

Modern warfare resembles a multi-act theatrical performance with an extremely intricate script and its main actors not present in the scene but rather staying behind the curtains. Regrettably, the human casualties in these confrontations are real. They are a tribute paid to the two aspirations inherent in the humankind – for enrichment and for power. It may look as a paradox but the economy, similar to the nature, demonstrates the capacity for survival in the extreme conditions. In our case, in the conditions of permanent wars being waged for over half a century. On the example of the Israeli-Palestinian and the Indo-Pakistani conflicts, it has been proven that a long-standing inter-state conflict may become a «catalyst» for growth of economic potential or in the least ensure the stability of the development of the state.  Despite the fact that both warring «dyads» consist of the players from different «weight categories» (the countries vary considerably by the population size, economic capacity and government spending), we have revealed a multitude of inherent common trends in the development of economy, system of public administration and social relations in general.

We conclude that a prolonged state of «turbulence» persisting in the Middle East and South Asia, with every capacity of the economies of the countries for stabilization and development even in the conditions of war, presents a threat to the entire world. Maintaining the stability of systems with the help of destructive measures is the strategy similar to «using the time bomb with undefined impact time and zone».

Keywords: Permanent Armed Conflict; Economic Growth; Policy; Legal Relations; Israel; Palestine; India; Pakistan

JEL Сlassification: F51; G38; H5; K42; N45

Acknowledgements and Funding: The authors received no direct funding for this research.

Contribution: The authors contributed equally to this work.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21003/ea.V181-01

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Received 14.12.2019
Received in revised form 11.01.2020
Accepted 20.01.2020
Available online 10.02.2020
Updated version of the paper as of 27.04.2020

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