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EU to mount decisive summit on Kosovo

12:29 06.10.2019 Pyotr Iskenderov

EU to mount decisive summit on Kosovo

The European Union is planning to hold an important summit on Kosovo in October this year with a view to get Belgrade and Pristina to normalize bilateral relations. French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will pose as guarantors of the deal. Reports say a senior US official …

Passions over gas

11:53 20.09.2019 Pyotr Iskenderov

Passions over gas

Representatives of Russia, Ukraine and the European Commission are due to gather for gas negotiations in Brussels on September 19th. Experts say the talks may play a crucial role in addressing the pressing issue of Russian gas supplies to Europeans. Maroš Šefčovič, who is responsible for energy issues in the …

Serbia bracing up for “difficult autumn“

10:52 07.09.2019 Pyotr Iskenderov

Serbia bracing up for “difficult autumn“

Serbia is preparing for a “difficult autumn” as it tries to resolve the Kosovo problem, President Aleksandar Vucic said following a visit to the United States. He described the discussions he had had in Washington as “extremely important,” all the more so amid the continuing disagreements over the situation in …

President Macron's plans and ambitions: realism or rhetoric?

19:11 04.09.2019 Andrey Kadomtsev

President Macron's plans and ambitions: realism or rhetoric?

In the run-up to the G7 Summit in Biarritz, French media reports focused on the global political and diplomatic plans of President Emmanuel Macron. Journalists say that for President Macron the G7 summit presented a unique opportunity “to return France its historical role of a “ mediator ”in global conflicts …

Iran: second stage of suspension of commitments under JCPOA nuclear deal

14:42 19.07.2019 Vladimir Sazhin

Iran: second stage of suspension of commitments under JCPOA nuclear deal

On May 8, 2019 - exactly a year after President Donald Trump’s catastrophically ill-advised decision to withdraw the United States from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and impose financial and economic sanctions on the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI), Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that Tehran was suspending …

Iran vs. US: bracing for war? (an analysis of current events and their possible consequences)

10:26 20.05.2019 Vladimir Sazhin

Iran vs. US: bracing for war? (an analysis of current events and their possible consequences)

On May 8, 2018, President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), better known as the Iran nuclear deal, and imposed tough unilateral sanctions on Tehran. Exactly a year later, this move looks dangerously fraught with unpredictable and potentially catastrophic consequences for the …

Will Germany end up as NATO’s “weak link”?

10:46 24.04.2019 Andrey Kadomtsev

Will Germany end up as NATO’s “weak link”?

In a series of recent comments in US and British media, their authors appear increasingly alarmed by the prospects of maintaining the unity of NATO and, on a broader scale, of the West as a whole. Not as a result of US President Donald Trump’s “subversive” actions many Western media …

Iran: Which way to go?

16:03 05.12.2018 Vladimir Sazhin

Iran: Which way to go?

The US withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), seriously hampered the chances for keeping the landmark accord in place.The accord, signed in 2015 by the P5+1 group of countries — China, Germany, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States — with Iran, requires Tehran to …

The sanctions of a split

9:48 12.11.2018 Pyotr Iskenderov

The sanctions of a split

The tough economic sanctions imposed by the United States against Iran have aggravated conflict between Washington and its close allies. The European Union, the United Kingdom, France and Germany have expressed regret over measures taken by American President Donald Trump and signaled the need to protect their companies. Simultaneously, eight …

Balkan Borders and Russia's Interests

16:27 22.08.2018 Pyotr Iskenderov

Balkan Borders and Russia's Interests

The idea of concluding an agreement between Belgrade and Pristina on the territorial delimitation between Serbs and Albanians, voiced by the president of self-proclaimed independent Kosovo, Hashim Thaci and supported by Serbian President Aleksandr Vučić, may be on the negotiating table in Brussels in early September 2018. Both presidents are …

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