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Parliamentary elections in Iran and how they affect domestic and global policies 17:41 06.03.2020 Vladimir Sazhin

Parliamentary elections in Iran and how they affect domestic and global policies

On February 21 the Islamic Republic of Iran held parliamentary elections to the country’s Majlis, a unicameral parliament known as Majlis of Islamic Council. Simultaneously, it held midterm elections of seven members of the Assembly of Experts.[1]Before analyzing the election outcome, it would be appropriate to say a few words …
«Defender-2020»: how NATO’s exercises in Eastern Europe will affect Russia 12:31 05.03.2020 Anna Yershova

«Defender-2020»: how NATO’s exercises in Eastern Europe will affect Russia

On February 21, Jens Stoltenberg announced that NATO was launching an extensive military exercise. 85 Abrams tanks, 45 armored personnel carriers, heavy machine guns, mortars, around 20,000 US troops will be transported from the USA to Europe. «Defender Europe-2020» is the large-scale exercise over the last 25 years. 37,000 soldiers …
Combating COVID-19: initial socio-economic and international lessons learned 10:53 04.03.2020 Vladimir Petrovsky

Combating COVID-19: initial socio-economic and international lessons learned

Things look like it is high time we learned the first lessons from the ongoing fight against the coronavirus epidemic in China and beyond. And not from the medical point of view alone, but also in terms of the socio-economic, political and international aspects of this unprecedented epidemic that has …
President Zelensky’s evolution: one step forward, two steps back 11:03 03.03.2020 Denis Baturin

President Zelensky’s evolution: one step forward, two steps back

President Zelensky’s course is levelling off – it is evolving to match the "traditional Ukrainian reality." However, Zelensky started his presidency by swimming against the current, which became clear from his election statements.From the very outset, the voices of those who believed in him, who admired the novelty of his …
US sanctions – a case of friendly fire 10:44 02.03.2020 Andrey Kadomtsev

US sanctions – a case of friendly fire

In an article published on the Washington-based website The Hill, Richard Sawaya, vice president of the US National Foreign Trade Council, writes about the serious damage that the anti-Russian sanctions are causing to America’s business interests. Richard Sawaya is also convinced that the irresponsible use of sanctions actually undermines the …
Robert Serry: on UN systemic crisis 11:41 28.02.2020 Anna Yershova

Robert Serry: on UN systemic crisis

On February 21, Dutch diplomat Robert H. Serry delivered a lecture in Moscow, titled "The UN and International Conflict Resolution.” Robert Serry previously served as the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East peace process, and also as a personal representative of the UN Secretary-General to the Palestine Liberation …
Prix Pictet in Moscow: the Lens to Sustainability and Hope 12:06 27.02.2020 Elena Rubinova

Prix Pictet in Moscow: the Lens to Sustainability and Hope

Robin Rhode. ‘Principle of Hope’, 2017The exhibition Prix Pictet “Hope” currently on view in the beautifully restored historic interiors of Mouravieff-Apostol House & Museum presents the work of the twelve photographers shortlisted for the prize. Now in its eighth cycle, the Prix Pictet is one of the world’s leading photography …
Ur-Fascism: Of Silence and EU Rush. The equation of Communism with Nazism (Second Part) 10:31 26.02.2020 Anis Bajrektarević

Ur-Fascism: Of Silence and EU Rush. The equation of Communism with Nazism (Second Part)

“He who does not wish to speak of capitalism should remain forever silent about Nazism” - Max Horkheimer famously said. It was a clear and often repeated line of this chief architect from the Frankfurt school of Philosophy – one of the most influential centres of thought in the XX …
Republika Srpska preparing BREXIT 11:30 25.02.2020 Pyotr Iskenderov

Republika Srpska preparing BREXIT

The precedence of the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union naturally allows other European organizations and individual countries to contemplate the previously inconceivable exit option. While at the EU level there are no indications of any other member states planning to follow in London’s footsteps any time soon, in the …
“Westlessness” of the West, and debates on China during Munich Security Conference 16:38 23.02.2020 Vladimir Petrovsky

“Westlessness” of the West, and debates on China during Munich Security Conference

The Munich Security Conference, which traditionally brings together heads of state and government, foreign and defense ministers in February, is usually expected to bring some kind of intrigue. This time round, the role was claimed by the conference report, titled “Westlessness,” whose main message was the loss by Western countries …
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