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Vaccine vs geopolitics? Political ambitions may slow down battle against global pandemic

11:55 04.12.2020

Vaccine vs geopolitics? Political ambitions may slow down battle against global pandemic

Foreign pharmaceutical companies have been vying with one another in being the first to announce the launch of an anti-coronavirus vaccine and having it registered by healthcare authorities. Meanwhile, the Russian vaccine “Sputnik V”, which was the first to be presented to the world, has demonstrated 95 percent efficiency in …

Stability of disagreements: Biden’s election may usher in a period of volatility in US-India relations

11:26 01.12.2020

Stability of disagreements: Biden’s election may usher in a period of volatility in US-India relations

Fifteen countries across the Asia-Pacific region recently inked an agreement on the Comprehensive Regional Economic Partnership (RCEP), which is seen as the largest regional free trade accord signed to date. The signatories are Australia, China, New Zealand, South Korea, Japan and the ten members of the Association of Southeast Asian …

NATO, coronacrisis and obsolete ideas

12:53 05.11.2020

NATO, coronacrisis and obsolete ideas

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that "NATO countries have invested additional funds in the purchase of air defense systems and fighters to contain Russia," RBC reported. Meanwhile, almost all members of the Western defense alliance are facing a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Against the background of new …

The price of slavery. Descendants of former US slaves eligible to compensation?

10:53 19.10.2020

The price of slavery. Descendants of former US slaves eligible to compensation?

According to USA Today, the state of California has enacted a law which “provides for setting up a focus group to look into the possibility of paying reparations to slave descendants”. In the estimates of the edition, California will become the first US state to examine the issue on the …

Each pole to have a “digital”. National digital currencies may become another sphere of competition

12:49 02.10.2020

Each pole to have a “digital”. National digital currencies may become another sphere of competition

According to China Finance, an edition of People’s Bank of China, China should become the first country to launch into circulation a digital national currency. Reports by Reuters say a move of this kind will facilitate China’s efforts to expand the international status of yuan and reduce the country’s dependence …

Climatic refugees: natural calamities and migration flows

11:22 21.09.2020

Climatic refugees: natural calamities and migration flows

The London-based Institute of Economics and Peace has presented a Report with a profound insight into environmental dangers that threaten countries and territories and could jeopardize socio-economic stability worldwide. According to the Report, “in 2050 the living space of more than one billion people may turn out under threat”. This …

Following the unknown route: the world in searching of dollar substitute

9:23 02.09.2020

Following the unknown route: the world in searching of dollar substitute

The ongoing escalation of trade wars and competition among the world’s top economies makes it imperative to consider institutionalizing several currency zones to form a sort of currency “multipolarity”.The forthcoming “currency multipolarity” became the subject of disputes in the 1990s, after the launch of a project to create a EU …

2020 US presidential election: what can the world expect?

10:29 26.08.2020

2020 US presidential election: what can the world expect?

The presidential campaign in the United States is unfolding amid a weakening of America's position in the world and this is what many commentators both in and outside the US now focus on. How is this situation seen by the two main contenders for the White House? What do their …

Europe’s reply to new threats from USA

11:49 21.08.2020

Europe’s reply to new threats from USA

A group of American Senators has threatened to introduce sanctions against the German port of Sassnitz if its operator continues to assist in completing the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. Such threats, the German Handelsblatt says, “deal a blow in the face of Europeans”. Nevertheless, both Germany and the EU …

Lebanon: detonation of instability

11:58 14.08.2020

Lebanon: detonation of instability

On August 4th two powerful explosions shook Beirut destroying the port and most the city. According to recent reprots, the explosion was caused by the inflammation and detonation of 2,750 tons of ammonia nitrate. Reports of August 8th say the blast killed more than 150 people, while the number of …

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