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Greece, Serbia Defy New World Order

15:00 30.05.2012 Pyotr Iskenderov

Greece, Serbia Defy New World Order

Part IIt became clear when the dust settled after the recent elections in Greece and in Serbia that two epicenters of resistance to aggressive globalism continue to exist in Europe. The US and the EU with all their might neither succeeded in coercing the new cohort of Greek politicians into …

Germany: The Parties Trial of Strength

15:00 16.05.2012 Natalia Meden

Germany: The Parties Trial of Strength

The continuing pre-election marathon in the USA and the Nicolas Sarkozy’s defeat in the battle for the Élysée Palace spur interest in predictions for the outcome of German elections. The vote in scheduled to take place in September 2013. The elections in North Rhine-Westphalia, that took place on May 13, …

The "Northern Front" of Global Energy Wars

15:00 16.05.2012 Pyotr Iskenderov

The "Northern Front" of Global Energy Wars

The global energy games (or wars to be more exact) have taken an important turn in the favour of Russia. In the near future the gas supplies going through North Stream route from Russia to the European Union may substantially grow. The Nord Stream AG company share holders asked experts …

What the Coming French Presidency Promises

15:00 02.05.2012 Igor Ignatchenko

What the Coming French Presidency Promises

At the moment, there is little doubt that Francois Hollande can count on winning the presidential run off in France. The questions naturally arising in the context are which, if any, transformations await the French foreign policy under the incoming president and, in particular, how Paris will be shaping its …

Germany: pirates go active, "hooligans" take to the streets

11:51 10.04.2012 Vladimir Nesterov

Germany: pirates go active, "hooligans" take to the streets

Now living through a kind of a social crisis, Germans are looking forward to early land elections in the country’s most populous (17.8 million) state of North Rhine-Westphalia scheduled for May 13. Given the current balance of political forces in Germany, the main intrigue is about who will hold the …

Arab League As An Anti-Arab Weapon

15:00 22.02.2012 Elena Pustovoytova

Arab League As An Anti-Arab Weapon

Elementary arithmetic routinely holds keys to much more complex political algebra. At the moment, for example, it appears that fairly simple regards explain the bizarre conduct of the Arab League which, contrary to reasonable expectations, alligned itself with the West in destabilizing Syria and keeping B. Assad under pressure. It …

German businessmen on prospects of economic relations with Russia

14:33 14.02.2012 Natalia Meden

German businessmen on prospects of economic relations with Russia

How do foreign investors take the prospects, which are opening up for them in Russia after the presidential elections? “The Nezavisimaya Gazeta” daily quotes the forecast by the chief economist of HSBC group who says that the investors are scared by the coming 2012 election and new political risks linked …

On current situation in Syria

15:00 01.02.2012 Boris Dolgov

On current situation in Syria

The current situation in Syria remains one of the most important components of the Middle Eastern and international policies. Using Syria’s domestic crisis and pursuing their own goals NATO’s leading states, Israel, Turkey and the monarchies of the Persian Gulf are trying to undermine the Syrian regime. Since the beginning …

The Conundrum of Iran

14:40 01.02.2012 Leonid Savin

The Conundrum of Iran

The EU oil embargo recently slapped on Iran and the threats voiced by the US and other Western countries to come up with further sanctions against the country led watchers to conclude that an armed conflict between Iran and the West finally became imminent. The first potential scenario in the …

Imperialism for a cash-strapped era: Storms below the surface (Part II)

15:00 24.01.2012 M.K. Bhadrakumar

Imperialism for a cash-strapped era: Storms below the surface (Part II)

Part I The “color revolution” will continue to be the preferred route for the United States in effecting regime change in Central Asia. But the limits to the United States’s capacity to intervene also cannot but be noted. As a perceptive observer recently noted, the US is a “renter rather …

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