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Notes of a Diplomacy Professional. S. Lavrov's Perspectives on the Past and the Future

14:57 31.10.2011 Armen Oganesyan

Notes of a Diplomacy Professional. S. Lavrov's Perspectives on the Past and the Future

Sergei Lavrov has been representing Russia as foreign minister in two dissimilar epochs, one marked by a fairly convincing growth of the world's economy, the other — by a deep global crisis which will likely continue into the foreseeable future. While those of the watchers who attempt to sound optimistic …

Why does the International Criminal Court keep silence on Gaddafi`s death?

15:00 24.10.2011 Alexander Mezyaev

Why does the International Criminal Court keep silence on Gaddafi`s death?

The alleged killing of the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has brought several crucial issues of international law to the forefront. Though it is evident that many pieces of video footage featuring Gaddafi`s last hours are fake, still there are some which may prove real. It is easy to explain why …

Europe: Change of Ruling Elites on the Horizon

15:00 23.10.2011 Pyotr Iskenderov

Europe: Change of Ruling Elites on the Horizon

As the tide of the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations sweeps across European cities, the impression is growing that the future holds a lot of unexpected for the EU. The protests which are carefully coordinated via social media can't but evoke memories of the recent uprisings in North Africa and the …

Eastern Partnership Close to Expiration Date?

15:00 14.10.2011 Dmitri Tymchuk

Eastern Partnership Close to Expiration Date?

Economically and politically embattled, the EU nevertheless struggles to retain whatever influence it has over the post-Soviet republics. In the process, Brussels mostly relies on its already floated initiatives including the Eastern Partnership, a project which reflects the European Union's attempt to outpace the US in pulling FSU countries out …

Russia a Force to Be Reckoned with in the Coming Years

15:00 13.10.2011 Dmitri Sedov

Russia a Force to Be Reckoned with in the Coming Years

It is not going to be forgotten any time soon how, at the 43rd Munich Conference on Security Policy in 2007, V. Putin charged the US with building a unipolar world at the cost of “frequently illegitimate actions” and “new human tragedies”. A key point that loomed through the energetic …

The Kosovo problem From the Standpoints of Military Policy and International Law

15:00 13.10.2011 Pyotr Iskenderov

The Kosovo problem From the Standpoints of Military Policy and International Law

The escalation in the Serb-populated northern part of Kosovo, paralleled by the deepening of the EU crisis, underscored the inefficiency of the efforts and approached supposed to help resolve the bitter dispute over Serbia's breakaway province. It became abundantly clear that the attempts made since late 2010 to reach compromise …

Eurasian Project a Threat to New World Order

15:00 10.10.2011 Elena Ponomareva

Eurasian Project a Threat to New World Order

One might be tempted to regard Russian premier V. Putin's paper “A new integration project for Eurasia: The future in the making”, which saw the light of day in Izvestia on October 3, 2011, as the presidential front-runner's sketchily laid out program, but upon scrutiny that appears to be only …

Did Russia and China put end to the Arab Spring?

15:00 06.10.2011 Irina Lebedeva

Did Russia and China put end to the Arab Spring?

On Tuesday, October 4th, Russia and China vetoed the UNSC resolution on Syria, which – if adopted- would have offered the implementation of the Libyan scenario in the country. The US ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, however, warned against any parallels between Libya and Syria, saying that the …

Public component of Russia-China Energy dialogue

15:00 05.10.2011 Igor Tomberg

Public component of Russia-China Energy dialogue

The coming visit of Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to China on October 11-12 will be aimed at giving stability to the Russian-Chinese strategic partnership in the economy. Energy industry traditionally tops the list of complicated and sometimes pressing issues of the Russian-Chinese partnership… Cooperation in energy sector is an …

Will the Trans-Caspian Pipeline Be There Despite Russia's Opposition?

15:00 03.10.2011 Alexander Shustov

Will the Trans-Caspian Pipeline Be There Despite Russia's Opposition?

This September was marked with a recurrence of pipeline disputes between Russia and the EU. On September 16, Russian premier V. Putin blessed in Sochi an agreement on the construction of the marine section of South Stream, the pipeline intended to rid Russia of the dependence on Ukraine for gas …

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