Peter Iskenderov PhD, Senior Research Associate Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Science
The global energy games (or wars to be more exact) have taken an important turn in the favour of Russia. In the near future the gas supplies going through North Stream route from Russia to the European Union may substantially grow. The Nord Stream AG company share holders asked experts to study the prospects for boosting...
Natalia Meden, PhD (Economics), the Russian Academy of Science
The continuing pre-election marathon in the USA and the Nicolas Sarkozy’s defeat in the battle for the Élysée Palace spur interest in predictions for the outcome of German elections. The vote in scheduled to take place in September 2013. The elections in North Rhine-Westphalia, that took place on May 13,...
Transformations of global power and influence: The political, economic, and security dimension
03.05.2012
Milos Balaban is a Head of the Centre for Security Policy in the Centre for Social and Economic Strategies at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University in Prague
In the early 2010s, the world is witnessing a major transformation of the existing international system, a system that began to take shape some 150 years ago, in the last three decades of the nineteenth century. In this period, Western Europe and the United States became the dominant powers in international affairs and the world...
At the moment, there is little doubt that Francois Hollande can count on winning the presidential run off in France. The questions naturally arising in the context are which, if any, transformations await the French foreign policy under the incoming president and, in particular, how Paris will be shaping its relations...
Last March, at the peak of the pressure on Syria and Iran, the Syrian Kurds boldly declared the independence of West Kurdistan, with the city of Afrin as the capital. The territory thus claimed lies in the northern part of Syria and borders Turkey. A forum of Syrian opposition groups held earlier this year in Erbil, the capital...
Natalia Meden, PhD (Economics), the Russian Academy of Science
It seems that the Pirate Party Germany, or simply the Pirates, has been trying to justify its name by taking away parliament seats from the Free Democratic Party (FDP), the Left, the Greens and even from the traditionally leading Social Democratic Party (SPD) and the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), with its sister party, the...
Foreign Policy of France: Should We Expect Any Changes?
20.04.2012
Vladislav Gulevich, political analyst, Center of conservative researches of the faculty of international relations sociology of the MSU after Lomonosov
The first round of the presidential election will take place in France on April, 22, 2012. If the second round is necessary, it’s scheduled on May, 6, 2012. Socialist François Hollande lays claim to the laurels of French president in power. Time will show, who will govern France after the election, but already today...
Tiberio Graziani, President of IsAG - Istituto di Alti Studi in Geopolitica e Scienze Ausiliare, Director of Geopolitica, the periodical published by IsAG
The structuring of the new multipolar system is conditioned primarily by Russia’s ability to play a proactive role in two major quadrants of the plane: Central Asia and the Mediterranean. Moscow, in order to fulfil this function effectively, must strengthen its home front. Putin, recently re-elected president...
Great Power Influence Could Be Key to Stability
