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Stability of disagreements: Biden’s election may usher in a period of volatility in US-India relations

11:26 01.12.2020 Andrey Kadomtsev

Stability of disagreements: Biden’s election may usher in a period of volatility in US-India relations

Fifteen countries across the Asia-Pacific region recently inked an agreement on the Comprehensive Regional Economic Partnership (RCEP), which is seen as the largest regional free trade accord signed to date. The signatories are Australia, China, New Zealand, South Korea, Japan and the ten members of the Association of Southeast Asian …

Iranian nuclear problem again – the storm clouds are gathering

13:24 24.11.2020 Vladimir Sazhin

Iranian nuclear problem again – the storm clouds are gathering

The nuclear problem of Iran is once again becoming the focus of global media attention, and there are several reasons for this.First, US President-elect Joe Biden (although no official results of the November 3 vote have been announced yet), who generally rejects the foreign policy of the current President Donald …

«Crimean Platform» - Kiev set on opening a new diplomatic front

11:34 17.11.2020 Denis Baturin

«Crimean Platform» - Kiev set on opening a new diplomatic front

Even though the so-called “Crimean Platform”, as a new unrealistic project to retrieve Crimea, arouses no questions and the agenda of the Kiev initiators is clear, further developments require a close scrutiny, the more so since the political situation is versatile, given the impact of presidential elections in the USA …

Democracy in decline and its fate after the crisis: economic waves and democratic procedures (1)

12:12 11.11.2020 Vasily Koltashov

Democracy in decline and its fate after the crisis: economic waves and democratic procedures (1)

An economist and historian specializing in economic crises from ancient times to the epochs of commercial and modern industrial capitalism. Head of the Institute of a New Society, Lecturer at the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics. In early 2008, he gave a surprisingly accurate analysis of the current crisis, a …

Russia and Iran in Syria

11:44 06.11.2020 Vladimir Sazhin

Russia and Iran in Syria

The world media is abuzz with news about the presidential elections in the United States, the fighting in and around Nagorno-Karabakh and the upcoming second wave of the COVID-19 epidemic. That being said, the situation in Syria remains very much in the focus of attention of analysts and political scientists.Recently, …

NATO, coronacrisis and obsolete ideas

12:53 05.11.2020 Andrey Kadomtsev

NATO, coronacrisis and obsolete ideas

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that "NATO countries have invested additional funds in the purchase of air defense systems and fighters to contain Russia," RBC reported. Meanwhile, almost all members of the Western defense alliance are facing a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Against the background of new …

The crisis of positivist, “evidence-based” political science in US

11:14 28.10.2020 Oleg Karpovich , N. Tretyakov

The crisis of positivist, “evidence-based” political science in US

Right from its birth in the 18thcentury, the United States of America emerged as one of the most advanced countries, or even the most advanced one in terms of government organization and the ideology of state building. The newly independent British colony got a chance to shed off the past …

UN in 21st century: working under stress

15:56 23.10.2020 Anna Yershova

UN in 21st century: working under stress

The UN marked its 75thanniversary in a rather troubled state, widely accused of failing the test of the COVID-19 pandemic and of generally been unable to fulfill its duties. What is the main task that the United Nations Organization is facing today? Does it need to be reformed and to …

The price of slavery. Descendants of former US slaves eligible to compensation?

10:53 19.10.2020 Andrey Kadomtsev

The price of slavery. Descendants of former US slaves eligible to compensation?

According to USA Today, the state of California has enacted a law which “provides for setting up a focus group to look into the possibility of paying reparations to slave descendants”. In the estimates of the edition, California will become the first US state to examine the issue on the …

TOKYO QUAD MEETING

11:25 18.10.2020 Kanwal Sibal

TOKYO QUAD MEETING

Recently a meeting of the heads of the foreign ministries of four countries - the USA, Japan, Australia and India, called "QUAD MEETING", took place in Tokyo. That is the “Meeting of the Four” or, as it began to be called, the “Quadripartite Dialogue on Security”.At this event, initiated by …

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