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The EU and its transformative power in cyberspace (From Lege Specie towards the Universal Jurisdiction)

16:02 19.12.2019 Anis Bajrektarević

The EU and its transformative power in cyberspace (From Lege Specie towards the Universal Jurisdiction)

While our troposphere is dangerously polluted, one other space – that of intangible world, created by the interconnected technology – follows the same pattern: a cyberspace.Information is a content and the frame, means and the goal in the world of binary codes. Commodification of information in digital world is nothing …

A. Rar thinks about NATO

10:49 19.12.2019 Alexander Rahr

A. Rar thinks about NATO

NATO, the world's most important military alliance, is in its biggest identity crisis. Who would have thought that? NATO's task was to consolidate the West. But without a realistic enemy image, NATO cannot be upgraded for the future. At NATO's jubilee summit in London, a fierce battle for direction could …

Ankara's foreign policy as seen by Turkish experts

11:03 18.12.2019 Andrey Isayev

Ankara's foreign policy as seen by Turkish experts

In the opinion of Turkish authorities, Turkey plays a variety of roles on the foreign policy landscape: it is a major defender of Muslims around the world - from Palestine to Burma; a peacemaker who is destined to put an end to the war in Syria and defeat terrorists of …

US threatens Europe with "gas war"

11:15 17.12.2019 Pyotr Iskenderov

US threatens Europe with "gas war"

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said that the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline will be launched irrespective of the US sanctions. Envisaged by the draft US defense budget for the 2020 fiscal year, the restrictions have already run into an adverse reaction in Europe and could further aggravate Washington’s …

Will Asia pioneer the “de-dollarization” process?

11:00 16.12.2019 Andrey Kadomtsev

Will Asia pioneer the “de-dollarization” process?

Denmark-based Saxo Bank has released a new batch of "outrageous" predictions for 2020 that it believes could potentially destabilize the entire international system existing today. The bank’s experts predict, among other things, that in the coming year, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) may launch “a new reserve asset, called …

“Balkan Stream”: Romania instead of Bulgaria?

12:59 13.12.2019 Pyotr Iskenderov

“Balkan Stream”: Romania instead of Bulgaria?

With the export leg of the Turkish Stream (TurkStream) gas pipeline, designed to bring Russian natural gas along the Balkan route further to Europe, slated to go fully on-stream in late 2020 - early 2021, all transit countries need to timely fulfill their obligations to get their national gas transportation …

Assist. Prof. Dr. Zijad Bećirović Director of International Institute for Middle-East and Balkan Studies (IFIMES), Ljubljana, Slovenia

11:49 12.12.2019 Zijad Bećirović

Assist. Prof. Dr. Zijad Bećirović Director of International Institute for Middle-East and Balkan Studies (IFIMES), Ljubljana, Slovenia

1) Would You tell us about Your institute in more detail? Some sources call it the most influential (or the most seen) institute of the Balkans. (We would like to know what it specializes in; What activities it is involved in; What does the Institute's special consultative status signifies; What …

The meeting with ambassador of the lslamic Republic Iran Mehdi Sanaei

14:07 11.12.2019

The meeting with ambassador of the lslamic Republic Iran Mehdi Sanaei

The meeting with ambassador of the lslamic Republic Iran Mehdi Sanaei was held in Moscow within the framework of the "Ambassadors speak" project organized by the journal "The international affairs". Download Video...

Hong Kong: No more China’s disheartened capitalism, please

12:38 10.12.2019 Wan T. Lee

Hong Kong: No more China’s disheartened capitalism, please

Hong Kong's unrest started in June 2019. It was triggered by the plans to allow extradition to mainland China. Critics felt this could compromise judicial autonomy and jeopardise free-speech legacy.Until 1997, Hong Kong was under the British rule as an overseas territory (effectively a colony), but then returned under the …

Crossroads or a dead end: do Germany and Europe face a triumph of indecision?

11:58 09.12.2019 Andrey Kadomtsev

Crossroads or a dead end: do Germany and Europe face a triumph of indecision?

In late November, German Chancellor Angela Merkel made a number of rather controversial statements. On November 26, Germany, together with France, issued a brief “road map” for EU reform. Within the next two ears this plan is to be discussed by the “Conference on the Future of Europe,” tasked with …

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