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Cuba: The July 26 Legacy and the Present 15:00 26.07.2010 Vitaly Dzyuba

Cuba: The July 26 Legacy and the Present

On July 26, 1953 – 57 years ago – a group of Cuban revolutionaries stormed the Moncada barracks in Santiago. The rebellion against dictator and US puppet Fulgencio Batista, which was led by Fidel Castro, marked the starting date of a broad-scale guerrilla campaign which evolved into the Cuban revolution. …
The Iranian Stalemate 11:56 26.07.2010 Armen Oganesyan

The Iranian Stalemate

I happened to tour the Middle East back in the mid-1990ies, at a moment when the Intifada peaked. My colleague and I stood at the top of a hill overlooking a spectacular landscape, on a site decorated with a UN flag. Here, the abbreviation is decoded as 'United Nothing', said …
No More International Law, the US Has Its Way 15:00 23.07.2010 Anna Filimonova

No More International Law, the US Has Its Way

As requested by the UN General Assembly, on July 22 the International Court of Justice issued a ruling on Kosovo independence. The verdict is that the unilateral declaration of independence by “the Pristina administration” was legal, though the UN Security Council Resolution 1244 (the one concerning the territorial integrity of …
Afghanistan: «unwinnable war» ? 15:00 20.07.2010 Najmuddin A. SHAIKH

Afghanistan: «unwinnable war» ?

For the last few days following on the “Rolling Stones” interview by Gen. McChrystal and President Obama’s decision to replace him with Gen. Petraeus there has been a great deal of attention paid to the current situation in Afghanistan and what the change in command will portend for the strategy …
Russia and Uzbekistan: oil and gas cooperation 15:00 20.07.2010 Vladimir Paramonov

Russia and Uzbekistan: oil and gas cooperation

Since Uzbekistan had always been known for having plenty of natural gas deposits and well-developed pipeline infrastructure, already in Soviet times the country actively cooperated with Russia as part of a single oil and gas complex providing gas supplies to industrial centers in the Urals and to the European part …
Kosovo Case in the International Court of Justice: Time to Shed Illusions 15:00 20.07.2010 Pyotr Iskenderov

Kosovo Case in the International Court of Justice: Time to Shed Illusions

On July 22, the UN International Court of Justice in the Hague will issue its opinion on the status of Kosovo, the breakaway province which unilaterally declared independence from Serbia on February 17, 2008. For the first time in its history, the Court is to judge on the legality of …
Aggression in the Light of International Law: Huge Problems and Minor Progress 15:00 16.07.2010 Alexander Mezyaev

Aggression in the Light of International Law: Huge Problems and Minor Progress

The international law in its present form abounds with paradoxes. For example, it explicitly disallows the use of incendiary bullets, but contains no ban on the use of nuclear weapons. The present-day criminal law is in many parts just as incoherent: degrading treatment of captured occupants who brought death to …
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Modernization 15:00 15.07.2010 Armen Oganesyan

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Modernization

IN ANTICIPATION OF the President's visit, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Smolensky Square was spruced up fit for a king. The marble was polished until it shone, and all the cars were removed from the parking lot. The pompous conference hall, which has seen more auspicious occasions and guests …
Belgium's EU Presidency and the Albanian Question in the «United Europe» 15:00 07.07.2010 Pyotr Iskenderov

Belgium's EU Presidency and the Albanian Question in the «United Europe»

Belgium took on the rotating 6-month EU presidency on July 1. Due to the country's own internal divisions and occasionally strained relations with the Balkan EU hopefuls, Belgium's presidency will likely confront the “united Europe” with a serious test. Just one of an array of reasons why the nearest future …
What is India in for? 15:00 06.07.2010 Andrei Volodin

What is India in for?

Summer is not only the best season to have a vacation but also time to think over some political events and revise, if necessary, existing political strategies. India is not an exception. Major issues on the agenda are as follows: what links are there between Delhi's focus on polycentric world …
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