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New anti-Russian sanctions to hit European energy sector

12:02 22.10.2018 Pyotr Iskenderov

New anti-Russian sanctions to hit European energy sector

The US plans to tighten sanctions against Russia, scheduled for November, is causing growing concern from the international business community, in the first place, from Europeans and those economic areas in which key players demonstrate maximum interdependence, including in the energy sector.Among those who lashed out at the US intention …

A New Redrawing of Balkan Borders: A Road to Hell

11:00 19.10.2018 Pyotr Iskenderov

A New Redrawing of Balkan Borders: A Road to Hell

More than a decade after Kosovo region’s unilateral declaration of independence from Serbia, the issue of redrawing borders is back on the agenda. The ongoing negotiations between Belgrade and Pristina on the settlement of bilateral relations under the auspices of the European Union may lead to an unexpected result - …

ROHINGYA: SOUTH ASIAN KOSOVARS?

13:03 18.10.2018 G. Ivashentsov

ROHINGYA: SOUTH ASIAN KOSOVARS?

INTERETHNIC CLASHES are not a rarity for many Asian and African countries, and foreign media outlets do not sensationalize them. However, what has happened around the Rohingya community in Myanmar in recent months has largely broken with this pattern. TV screens and newspaper pages have been filled with reports of …

Romania Militarizing the Black Sea Region

18:37 16.10.2018 Vladislav Gulevich

Romania Militarizing the Black Sea Region

Romania’s policy in the Black Sea region is aimed at creating strategic prerequisites for Bucharest to achieve long-term regional leadership.Russia is the only Black Sea country, which does not fit into the geopolitical landscape being built by Bucharest. It is a country with which Romania, as a member of the …

Will the world face "climate refugees"?

10:56 16.10.2018 Andrey Kadomtsev

Will the world face "climate refugees"?

On October 8, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued a special report [i] on global climate change. Experts reiterated an urgent need to prevent an increase in the average annual temperature of the atmosphere by one and a half to two degrees Celsius against the pre-industrial …

US Conducting Biological Experiments Near Russia’s Borders

13:31 15.10.2018 Sergey Filatov

US Conducting Biological Experiments Near Russia’s Borders

Two statements, almost simultaneously released by the Russia’s Foreign and Defense Ministries, once again raised the issue which, although rarely mentioned, is considered a “silent threat.”On September 25, Vladimir Yermakov, director of the Foreign Ministry’s Department of Non-Proliferation and Arms Control, told the media that Russia will not allow biological …

IPCC Report – On Our global Jihad against Cognitive mind

14:06 12.10.2018 Anis Bajrektarević

IPCC Report – On Our global Jihad against Cognitive mind

Author is chairperson and professor in international law and global political studies, Vienna, Austria. He authored six books (for American and European publishers) and numerous articles on, mainly, geopolitics energy and technology. For the past decades, he has over 1,200 hours of teaching on the subject Sustainable Development (Institutions and …

Israeli-Iranian Nuclear Standoff: So Far Only Verbal

13:27 10.10.2018 Vladimir Sazhin

Israeli-Iranian Nuclear Standoff: So Far Only Verbal

A few days ago Israel and Iran traded accusations of harboring nuclear ambitions. Speaking at the 73rd session of UN General Assembly, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke about nuclear materials and equipment allegedly stored somewhere in Tehran.The Iranian response did not take long coming with an enraged Foreign Minister …

Indonesia: balanced politics amid major powers

13:24 10.10.2018 Vladislav Gulevich

Indonesia: balanced politics amid major powers

In 2020, Russia and Indonesia will mark 70 years to the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. Given that the epicenter of the geopolitical activity is currently shifting towards the Asia-Pacific Region (APR), the role of Indonesia as the planet’s strategically important location increases.Along with Russia, there are …

Ukrainian Church Autocephaly – A Web of Intrigue

17:02 09.10.2018 Mikhail Leonov

Ukrainian Church Autocephaly – A Web of Intrigue

It is for long that the non-recognized Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Kiev Patriarchate (UOC –KP) tries to get autocephaly and sever the link with the canonical Russian Orthodox Church. To get it the UOC-KP appealed to Patriarch Bartholomew of the Constantinople. At the meeting with His Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew of …

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