(How to Transform «Gray Zones» into Centкes of Economic Growth via Public Company Models and Production Artels)
By Valery Morozov, Viktor Chornyi, Deputy of Verkhovny Rada (Ukr)
On every platform where scenarios for ending the military conflict between Ukraine and Russia are discussed today, the issue of creating a «buffer» or «demilitarized» zone inevitably arises. Diplomats and analysts draw 30, 50, or 100-kilometer-wide strips on maps, believing that physical separation of forces can guarantee long-term peace.
Attempting to create a classic «buffer zone» in the 21st century is a dangerous illusion that, instead of security, will breed only a new powder keg. The world needs a fundamentally different approach: transforming the demilitarized strip not into a scorched «no man’s land,» but into a new type of Special Economic Zone (SEZ) based on attracting international and national capital through the institution of open Public Companies and a synthesis with the artel traditions of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. (далее…)
