Events, Facts, Comments - International Affairs

MAIN PAGE > Rubrics > Events, Facts, Comments

Mars can speak

1:00 22.08.2012 Elena Studneva

Mars can speak

New generation rover with affectionate name "Curiosity» (Curiosity) NASA researchers launched in November 2011 and safely reached the Red Planet Aug. 6, 2012. It separated from migratory module. For the first time the technology has been tested Sky Crane unit descended from a flying platform on the surface of Mars …

EU Mistakes and Lessons for Future Eurasian Union

15:00 10.08.2012 Yuri Gavrilechko

EU Mistakes and Lessons for Future Eurasian Union

The globalization actually encompasses all aspects of private and social life. It also has a dramatic and miserable side of the coin: the differentiation of society, the breakup of traditional interpersonal ties (the decline of family values is a bright example), the growing isolation of individual in the “global” world… …

Traian Basescu a Mirror of European Nationalism

15:00 31.07.2012 Pyotr Iskenderov

Traian Basescu a Mirror of European Nationalism

The collapse of the Romanian opposition's initiative to unseat president of the country Traian Basescu briefly drew heightened attention to the embattled political leader and, upon scrutiny, highlighted the ongoing erosion of the European unity. The critics of Basescu still credit themselves with the failed referendum as a major political …

Syrian Crisis Escalating

15:00 02.07.2012 Boris Dolgov

Syrian Crisis Escalating

Syria's crisis remains the focal point of the world politics as a new escalation in and around the country broke out last week. The root cause of the conflict unraveling in Syria since March, 2011 is that external forces provide crucial support to the armed opposition groups which unleashed a …

Africa in the Multipolar World

15:00 02.07.2012 Vladislav Gulevich

Africa in the Multipolar World

The recent global developments – unrest in the Arab world, the rise of illicit arms business, the proliferation of terrorism – increasingly often turn the attention of global audiences towards Africa. The region seems to be loaded with a complete array of present-day problems and currently faces the consequences of …

China's Growing Economic Importance to Central Asia

15:00 29.06.2012 Alexander Shustov

China's Growing Economic Importance to Central Asia

The June summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) highlighted China's swelling economic presence in Central Asia. Chinese premier Hu Jintao unveiled an ambitious agenda for the region, with $10b in loans to be infused into the corresponding projects. At the moment, the Chinese investments in Central Asian republics estimatedly …

Geopolitical Context of South Stream

15:00 08.06.2012 Pyotr Iskenderov

Geopolitical Context of South Stream

Russian president V. Putin confirmed at the Russia-EU recent summit that the construction of the South Stream gas pipeline would begin by the end of 2013 and projected that it would take 1.5-2 years to bring the planned infrastructures online [1]. He mentioned that the project was seriously re-energized last …

Speech of First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia A.I. Denisov at the ceremony of signing of Co-operation Agreement between MFA of Russia and Union of Oil and Gas Producers of Russia, Moscow, 21 May 2012

15:00 04.06.2012

Speech of First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia A.I. Denisov at the ceremony of signing of Co-operation Agreement between MFA of Russia and Union of Oil and Gas Producers of Russia, Moscow, 21 May 2012

Dear Yuri Konstantinovich, Dear colleagues and friends, Your Excellency Messrs Ambassadors and diplomatic representatives, A while ago, as you have seen, the ceremony of signing of Co-operation Agreement between the Union of Oil and Gas Producers of Russia and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia has taken place. Today …

Greece, Serbia Defy New World Order

15:00 04.06.2012 Pyotr Iskenderov

Greece, Serbia Defy New World Order

Part IIThe triumph of T. Nikolic in the runoff in Serbia left in a state of shock those who were convinced that the electoral intrigue in the country had evaporated during the first round. The defeat of B. Tadic, who originally polled 16% ahead of his rival according to the …

What the Future Holds for the Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline

15:00 30.05.2012 Alexander Shustov

What the Future Holds for the Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline

On May 23, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India penned a deal to construct the Trans-Afghanistan pipeline which is supposed to pump gas from Turkmenistan to South Asia. It appears at the moment that the partners in the project whose feasibility provoked debates of varying intensity since the early 1990ies finally …

« first previous Page 398 of 423. next last »