Latest news - International Affairs

MAIN PAGE > Rubrics > Latest news

A new war in the Middle East?

16:11 24.11.2017 Vladimir Maximov

A new war in the Middle East?

In the Middle East, a new stormy confrontation may emerge. After the ISIS militants’ defeat and the beginning of a political settlement in Syria, old confrontations within the Muslim world can cause a new explosion of tension and violence.Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Israel come out on top in the Middle …

Maidan 3.0 and Poroshenko in power: components of the formula

11:49 14.11.2017 Denis Baturin

Maidan 3.0 and Poroshenko in power: components of the formula

The external situation and internal political pressure makes President Petro Poroshenko to seek a formula of retaining power. This formula is very hard to find in the country experiencing regular takeovers since 2005 and currently living under control of the West that kept the old political elite considerably but also …

Ideas of the Russian world for the world

11:21 05.11.2017 Andrey Davydenko

Ideas of the Russian world for the world

Nizhny Novgorod – Moscow Over 500 delegates from 73 countries came to the XI Assembly of the Russian world just before the Day of national unity this year. It was held in Nizhny Novgorod, the industrial, scientific and cultural center of the Volga region, a city that played a special …

Group-IB shares Bad Rabbit ransomware information with INTERPOL

12:55 03.11.2017

Group-IB shares Bad Rabbit ransomware information with INTERPOL

Noboru Nakatani and Ilya Sachkov sign the agreement on cooperation between INTERPOL and Group-IBGroup-IB discovered digital traces of cybercriminal activity connected with Bad Rabbit ransomware and passed them to INTERPOL for further research Moscow, November 2nd, 2017 – Group-IB, one of the global leaders in high-fidelity Threat Intelligence and best …

Iraqi Kurdistan: “a step forward, then two steps back”

11:26 02.11.2017 Andrey Isayev

Iraqi Kurdistan: “a step forward, then two steps back”

The first result of the Iraqi Kurdistan independence referendum was seizure of the disputed territories and even a part of the autonomous district by the Hashd al-Shaabi controlled by Iran and the regular Iraqi army. Incidentally, the bone of contemption of it, the Kirkuk oil-exploration region, was left by the …

137th assembly of IPU: Russia’s success, parliamentary diplomaсy triumph

11:23 18.10.2017 Andrey Davydenko

137th assembly of IPU: Russia’s success, parliamentary diplomaсy triumph

Saint Petersburg - Moscow137th assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union became the most representative and biggest for the 128-year history of IPU. Over 2000 delegates representing over 160 national parliaments and 11 parliamentary unions expressed their views on a number of subjects of the international agenda, from the issues of further …

A new window of opportunities: the Saudi king’s visit to Moscow

11:51 09.10.2017 Andrey Isayev

A new window of opportunities: the Saudi king’s visit to Moscow

Last week the king of Saudi Arabia Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud visited Moscow. This visit was prepared for about 2 years, and everytime the visit was postponed due to the reasons uncontrolled by the Russian party. The press of Saudi Arabia called the visit a historical one before the negotiations …

Role of media in Russia-Europe relations “reset” will be discussed in Budapest

14:59 04.10.2017

Role of media in Russia-Europe relations “reset” will be discussed in Budapest

On 5th of October in Budapest (Hungary) will be held an international conference «Russia and Europe: Topical Issues of Contemporary International Journalism». The conference is organized by the International Affairs magazine with support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Federal Agency for Press and Mass Media of the Russian …

IR Theory And The “New Middle East”

23:26 08.08.2017 Hamsa Haddad

IR Theory And The “New Middle East”

There’s been talk by the US for over a decade already about a so-called “New Middle East”, a vague concept which was never officially described by American officials yet has been heavily speculated upon by the expert community, both within the country and abroad. The generally accepted concept has grown …

Resolution 2354 (2017) Adopted by the Security Council at its 7949th meeting, on 24 May 2017

17:29 20.07.2017

Resolution 2354 (2017) Adopted by the Security Council at its 7949th meeting, on 24 May 2017

The SecurityCouncil,Recalling its resolutions 1373 (2001), 1624 (2005), 2178 (2014) and the Statement of its President (S/PRST/2016/6) of 11 May 2016,Affirming its primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations,Reaffirming its commitment to sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence …

« first previous Page 575 of 628. next last »