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"Cadres decide everything"

15:16 22.05.2012 Armen Oganesyan

"Cadres decide everything"

Looking at the recent past, one could not help but wonder what was at the root of the breakdown in the early 1990s when the principle of personnel policy still remained quite rational in many areas. When, undoubtedly in the engagement of new nominees from outside of the political sphere, …

J.F.Bertonha: US Hegemony Waning in South America?

16:54 16.05.2012 Andrey Davydenko

J.F.Bertonha: US Hegemony Waning in South America?

Negocios Estrangeiros is a journal of the Diplomatic Institute of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Portugal with a reputation for geopolitics analysis and insights into Portuguese foreign policy, external economic relations, and cultural activities worldwide. Two issues of Negocios Estrangeiros are released annually and offer opinion pieces in Portuguese …

Germany: The Parties Trial of Strength

15:00 16.05.2012 Natalia Meden

Germany: The Parties Trial of Strength

The continuing pre-election marathon in the USA and the Nicolas Sarkozy’s defeat in the battle for the Élysée Palace spur interest in predictions for the outcome of German elections. The vote in scheduled to take place in September 2013. The elections in North Rhine-Westphalia, that took place on May 13, …

The "Northern Front" of Global Energy Wars

15:00 16.05.2012 Pyotr Iskenderov

The "Northern Front" of Global Energy Wars

The global energy games (or wars to be more exact) have taken an important turn in the favour of Russia. In the near future the gas supplies going through North Stream route from Russia to the European Union may substantially grow. The Nord Stream AG company share holders asked experts …

Europe Meets Russia. Venue Is Yet To Be Named

15:00 03.05.2012 Armen Oganesyan

Europe Meets Russia. Venue Is Yet To Be Named

THE EUROPE MEETS RUSSIA conference in Berlin brought together young leaders from the European Union and the CIS. Its very tight schedule was smartly developed by the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy. However, culture was not discussed much and there were few Russia's speakers. Taking part in this year's Europe Meets …

What the Coming French Presidency Promises

15:00 02.05.2012 Igor Ignatchenko

What the Coming French Presidency Promises

At the moment, there is little doubt that Francois Hollande can count on winning the presidential run off in France. The questions naturally arising in the context are which, if any, transformations await the French foreign policy under the incoming president and, in particular, how Paris will be shaping its …

Foreign Policy of France: Should We Expect Any Changes?

16:56 20.04.2012 Vladislav Gulevich

Foreign Policy of France: Should We Expect Any Changes?

The first round of the presidential election will take place in France on April, 22, 2012. If the second round is necessary, it’s scheduled on May, 6, 2012. Socialist François Hollande lays claim to the laurels of French president in power. Time will show, who will govern France after the …

Riot of the Dancing Little Men

13:46 12.04.2012 Armen Oganesyan

Riot of the Dancing Little Men

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky said that there is a certain type of people who require it to be explained to them every time, why a bad smell comes from a dunghill. "It stinks!" - They are told, but they either do not really understand, or pretend not to. To argue with …

Germany: pirates go active, "hooligans" take to the streets

11:51 10.04.2012 Vladimir Nesterov

Germany: pirates go active, "hooligans" take to the streets

Now living through a kind of a social crisis, Germans are looking forward to early land elections in the country’s most populous (17.8 million) state of North Rhine-Westphalia scheduled for May 13. Given the current balance of political forces in Germany, the main intrigue is about who will hold the …

Great Power Influence Could Be Key to Stability

0:35 10.04.2012 Armen Oganesyan

Great Power Influence Could Be Key to Stability

American author Anne O'Hare McCormick (1880-1954), whose life experience was interwoven with both world wars, packaged into a single phrase the lessons to be derived from the tumultuous epochs when she famously wrote: “Today the real test of power is not capacity to make war but the capacity to prevent …

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