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

11:55 04.12.2020 Andrey Kadomtsev

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 …

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

12:49 02.10.2020 Andrey Kadomtsev

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 …

Coronavirus force majeure and new world order

13:47 11.08.2020 Mark Neumark

Coronavirus force majeure and new world order

The current pandemic has given rise to a variety of forecasts and judgements on a wide range of issues that are directly or indirectly related to the future world order. These predictions can be divided into two main groups. The first group incorporates factors of unceertainty in global politics which …

EU-US: new geopolitical disharmonies

20:03 19.07.2020 Mark Neumark

EU-US: new geopolitical disharmonies

The article analyzes new trends in the development of the transatlantic partnership, laying bare the contradictions and problems that have recently been complicating the allied ties between the US and the EU.Donald Trump's presidency has led to a noticeable cooling of relations between the United States and the European Union. …

India and China: conflict or cooling?

11:47 16.06.2020 Andrey Kadomtsev

India and China: conflict or cooling?

Early May saw a new aggravation of the border conflict between India and China, this time in Ladakh. The withdrawal of extra contingents, which had been brought to the border during a few weeks of the confrontation, began only on June 10th, following a series of online and offline meetings …

Croatia fears Greater Hungary

13:49 13.05.2020 Vladislav Gulevich

Croatia fears Greater Hungary

The angry reaction by Croatia’s President Zoran Milanovic to a publication by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in which he presented the map of Greater Hungary has demonstrated Zagreb’s concern over Budapest’s moves to re-evaluate the events of the past that determined Hungary’s present-day borders. (1). For Croatia, its proximity …

Crossroads or a dead end: do Germany and Europe face a triumph of indecision?

11:58 09.12.2019 Andrey Kadomtsev

Crossroads or a dead end: do Germany and Europe face a triumph of indecision?

In late November, German Chancellor Angela Merkel made a number of rather controversial statements. On November 26, Germany, together with France, issued a brief “road map” for EU reform. Within the next two ears this plan is to be discussed by the “Conference on the Future of Europe,” tasked with …

Australia and Thailand prepare for a multipolar world order

16:42 02.10.2018 Vladislav Gulevich

Australia and Thailand prepare for a multipolar world order

The relations between Thailand and Australian can serve as an illustration of the future geopolitical changes in South East Asia.For Australia, Thailand is important for the following reasons:- as one of the military and political partners in South East Asia amid the growing influence of China;- as a partner within …

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