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Conflict Resolution in Northern Ethiopia and Geopolitics

12:20 02.02.2021 Matthias Leitner

Conflict Resolution in Northern Ethiopia and Geopolitics

Matthias E. Leitnerhas served in international peace and security positions since 1997, mainly in UN and regional contexts across Africa, the western Balkans and in the Middle East, with a specialization in the Horn of Africa/IGAD Region. He has recently implemented an EU Emergency Trust Fund Project (IPPSHAR) with IGAD …

EUROPEAN INTEGRATION – Quo Vadis?

12:42 01.02.2021 Audrey Beaulieu

EUROPEAN INTEGRATION – Quo Vadis?

As part of the Geneva Lecture Series concepted and conducted by prof. Anis H. Bajrektarevic, President of the Republic of AustriaDr. Heinz Ficher(2004-16) and current Co-chair of the Vienna-basedBan Ki-moonCentre for Global Citizens centered his two-hour long mesmerizing talk on Europe and its future prospects. University scholars and diplomats based …

EU wants less dependence on US dollar

11:23 29.01.2021 Andrey Kadomtsev

EU wants less dependence on US dollar

On January 19 the European Commission released a preliminary plan which is designed to reduce the European Union’s dependence on the US dollar. In addition, the plan signals an intention to protect European companies from Washington-imposed extraterritorial sanctions. As a long-term strategy, it states an intention to “considerably” increase the …

Germany at the outset of election race

12:44 28.01.2021 Andrey Torin

Germany at the outset of election race

Angela Merkel and Armin Laschet. Photo:24vest.de.An on-line Congress of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has taken place in Germany, with the participants electing not only a new party chairman but also a candidate for chancellor. As Germany enters an election campaign in the run-up to parliamentary elections due in autumn …

Sensationalism over Diplomacy: The buzz around India Russia Annual Summit

13:49 27.01.2021 By Amrita Dhillon & Arijita Sinha Roy*

Sensationalism over Diplomacy: The buzz around India Russia Annual Summit

India and Russia (erstwhile Soviet Union) have known to maintain cordial relations since post World War II. The Nehruvian Era was all about Fabian socialism and the planned economy model implemented in a manner to closely follow the Russians. Even in contemporary times, Indo-Russia relations have been a close highlight …

Lithuanian-Russian relations: an ambassador’s view

13:26 26.01.2021 Eitvydas Bajarūnas

Lithuanian-Russian relations: an ambassador’s view

This year we are marking two centennial anniversaries: the signing of the Peace Treaty between Lithuania and Soviet Russia, and the establishment of the Lithuanian diplomatic mission in Moscow in 1920. The occasion is a good opportunity for us to look into the past and think together about the future …

The World in 2021 – a personal view

12:09 25.01.2021 Jan Campbell

The World in 2021 – a personal view

Author:Jan Campbell– 20/01/2021The 2020 Covid-19 and with it the pandemic of fear eclipsed nearly everything in such a way that even the world politics were put on side and became a second priority. This would be the key pair – event which would enter into the history beside the post …

Russia is a part of Europe, which never became a part of Russia

12:24 22.01.2021 Armen Oganesyan

Russia is a part of Europe, which never became a part of Russia

The process of the new European integration coincided in time with the intensification of the process of globalization, which has stimulated and inspired the formation of the European Union. Presently, debates about the crisis of globalization are going almost simultaneously with discussions about the crisis of European integration. The European …

“Kyoto-2”: the lame duck of Western European climate diplomacy

12:39 21.01.2021 Oleg Shamanov

“Kyoto-2”: the lame duck of Western European climate diplomacy

Lessons learned from the international climate process. For many years, the problem of global climate change - one of the most serious environmental threats of our time - has been making international headlines and has been the subject of high-level political negotiations.A new milestone will soon appear on the thorny …

Nanjing tragedy – massacre or “incident”?

11:37 20.01.2021 Oleg Paramonov

Nanjing tragedy – massacre or “incident”?

On December 15, China was marking the 80thanniversary of the Nanjing massacre by Japanese troops.In Japan, they avoid using the term “massacre,” however, so when covering the tragic event the local media referred to it as the “Nanjing incident." [1]In December 1937, at the height of the second Sino-Japanese war, …

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