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The AFPAK War - A Pakistani’s Perspective

15:00 02.08.2010 Najmuddin A. SHAIKH

The AFPAK War - A Pakistani’s Perspective

Pakistanis had entertained high hopes that when President Obama assumed office his policy towards South Asia would reflect what he had said in his campaign speeches and what his past experience of living in Pakistan, where his mother had worked for many years, had made clear to him: The situation …

The US is Synchronously Preparing to Launch Aggressions Against Iran and Venezuela

15:00 29.07.2010 Nil Nikandrov

The US is Synchronously Preparing to Launch Aggressions Against Iran and Venezuela

The Columbian government voiced a new round of allegations that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is secretly supporting the FARC and ELN guerrilla movements in Columbia and giving shelter to their leaders. Venezuela reacted harshly – Chavez severed the diplomatic ties with Columbia, and the Organization of American States had to …

Why Russia Has No Allies in the World of Today

9:18 29.07.2010 Armen Oganesyan

Why Russia Has No Allies in the World of Today

The worst kind of crashing bores are those who believe in the universality of formal logic and align their whole lives with its dictate. Sooner or later life does find a cure for most, but some manage to cling to their ways all along. In many cases, such people dive …

Climate Weapons: More Than Just a Conspiracy Theory?

15:00 27.07.2010 Andrey Areshev

Climate Weapons: More Than Just a Conspiracy Theory?

The abnormally hot weather in the central regions of Russia has already caused serious economic damage. It has destroyed crops on roughly 20% of the country's agricultural land lots, the result being that the food prices are clearly set to climb next fall. On top of that, fires are raging …

UN Court and Kosovo: International Law Amputated

15:00 26.07.2010 Alexander Mezyaev

UN Court and Kosovo: International Law Amputated

On July 22, 2010 the International Court of Justice issued an advisory opinion on the legality of the unilateral declaration of independence by «the Kosovo administration». The verdict was that the declaration was legal. The ruling, however, gives serious reasons to call into question the legality of the ICJ verdict.The …

Cuba: The July 26 Legacy and the Present

15:00 26.07.2010 Vitaly Dzyuba

Cuba: The July 26 Legacy and the Present

On July 26, 1953 – 57 years ago – a group of Cuban revolutionaries stormed the Moncada barracks in Santiago. The rebellion against dictator and US puppet Fulgencio Batista, which was led by Fidel Castro, marked the starting date of a broad-scale guerrilla campaign which evolved into the Cuban revolution. …

The Iranian Stalemate

11:56 26.07.2010 Armen Oganesyan

The Iranian Stalemate

I happened to tour the Middle East back in the mid-1990ies, at a moment when the Intifada peaked. My colleague and I stood at the top of a hill overlooking a spectacular landscape, on a site decorated with a UN flag. Here, the abbreviation is decoded as 'United Nothing', said …

No More International Law, the US Has Its Way

15:00 23.07.2010 Anna Filimonova

No More International Law, the US Has Its Way

As requested by the UN General Assembly, on July 22 the International Court of Justice issued a ruling on Kosovo independence. The verdict is that the unilateral declaration of independence by “the Pristina administration” was legal, though the UN Security Council Resolution 1244 (the one concerning the territorial integrity of …

Afghanistan: «unwinnable war» ?

15:00 20.07.2010 Najmuddin A. SHAIKH

Afghanistan: «unwinnable war» ?

For the last few days following on the “Rolling Stones” interview by Gen. McChrystal and President Obama’s decision to replace him with Gen. Petraeus there has been a great deal of attention paid to the current situation in Afghanistan and what the change in command will portend for the strategy …

Russia and Uzbekistan: oil and gas cooperation

15:00 20.07.2010 Vladimir Paramonov

Russia and Uzbekistan: oil and gas cooperation

Since Uzbekistan had always been known for having plenty of natural gas deposits and well-developed pipeline infrastructure, already in Soviet times the country actively cooperated with Russia as part of a single oil and gas complex providing gas supplies to industrial centers in the Urals and to the European part …

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