Transatlantic Relations in the Perception of the American Ruling Elite: the Economic Aspect by Yuri G. Goloub, Sergey Yu. Shenin

“…Thus, centrist Democrats believe that the United States should use its leadership to organise rapid and tough integration; conservative Democrats emphasise gradual transition and a soft policy towards the EU; progressive Democrats insist on climate priorities; moderate Republicans are for strategic control without European access to the US market; conservative Republicans see the basis of the unification only in center-right unity. …”
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Towards a progressive economic development agenda for countries endowed with natural resources: Lessons from the rise and demise of the Bolivarian Revolution by Leonardo Vera Azaf

“…We highlight the need to build an alternative based on what we call “progressive democratic development.” Our fundamental message is that the democratic Left has to overcome the misleading dichotomy that indicates that society is organized by the power of the state or the market. …”
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Great Britain in the Commonwealth of Nations by N. A. Stepanova

“…Even though nowadays the Commonwealth is a free association of countries and manifests democratic values, this distinctive representation of imperialists stood at its origins, and at times the term itself signified the empire, though in a more progressive, democratic and human form. The author argues that for many decades the main reason for this evolution was British politicians'desire to deter regions from breaking away from within the British sphere of influence. …”
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