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The theory of 'manageable chaos' put into practice

14:00 01.03.2011 Sergei Shashkov

The theory of 'manageable chaos' put into practice

An act of self-immolation by a Tunisian street vendor in protest of the confiscation of his wares by municipal officials in December was covered in the media as the catalyst for mass riots in Tunisia, which later spread to Egypt, Yemen, Iran, Algeria, Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Djibouti, Morocco. Poor …

Revolts in Arab world – who’s next?

14:00 25.02.2011 Dmitri Sedov

Revolts in Arab world – who’s next?

The revolt in Libya makes us seriously revise our attitude to the events in the Arab East. A widespread point of view that the Internet was to blame for creating options for self-organization has been shaken. Indeed, the Internet opens opportunities for political mobilization and creation of mass movements, but …

Oil and Blood in Libya

14:00 24.02.2011 Yuri Tyssovsky

Oil and Blood in Libya

The themes of oil and blood are interwoven in the recent developments in Libya. The country's oil reserves are estimated at 46.4 billion barrels and its oil export generates impressive revenues which are generously dispensed to prop up the living standards of the 6 million population. As of 2010, the …

Tokyo's Unlearned History Lessons

14:00 22.02.2011 Yuri Rubtsov

Tokyo's Unlearned History Lessons

Recently Japan relaunched the campaign of claims to Russia's Kuril Islands - Iturup, Kunashir, Shikotan, and Khabomai. The impression is that Tokyo is under the delusion that it is entitled to its own version of the settlement in the wake of World War II and even hopes to draw benefits …

Pyongyang – Seoul: In Quagmire, with Dim Prospects for Solution

14:00 21.02.2011 Oleg Revenko , Alexander Vorontsov

Pyongyang – Seoul: In Quagmire, with Dim Prospects for Solution

Early this February, the South and North Korean army command envoys met in Panmunjom, on the de facto border between the two countries, to reach an agreement on the agenda, date, and location for the higher level talks suggested by Pyongyang at the end of January. The otherwise routine event …

Pricing Volatility. The price of barrel factors into Russia's relations with OPEC

14:00 16.02.2011 Igor Belov

Pricing Volatility. The price of barrel factors into Russia's relations with OPEC

Understanding the mentality of OPEC leaders should help to build the relations with the alliance “Russia and OPEC” was the theme of the January roundtable organized by International Affairs, the journal of Russia's Foreign Ministry, the Soyuzneftegaz company, and the World Policy and Resources foundation. The Financial Times recently quoted …

Eight days that shook Egypt. Struggle for power continues.

14:00 12.02.2011 Yuri Tyssovsky

Eight days that shook Egypt. Struggle for power continues.

In an attempt to calm down hundreds of thousands of protesters gathering on Tahrir Square in central Cairo, as well in other cities across Egypt, the authorities agreed to important concessions. Mubarak said he would not seek re-election but added that neither he would step down before September. He handed …

A bullet from 1945...

14:00 10.02.2011 Elena Pustovoytova

A bullet from 1945...

The fact that, unlike Boris Yeltsin, the current Russian leadership is not intended to sell the Kuril islands, has prompted sharp reaction from official Tokyo, thus increasing tensions in the Far East. On the 8th of February the Russian Embassy in Tokyo received an envelope with a bullet inside. There …

Egypt: Conflict at the Pivotal Point

14:00 08.02.2011 Yuri Tyssovsky

Egypt: Conflict at the Pivotal Point

February 6 was the 13th day since the outbreak of protests in Egypt during which the opponents and supporters of the country's president H. Mubarak got locked in a seemingly endless standoff at Tahrir Square in Cairo. In a sense, the course of the future developments depends on what contours …

The New Global Economy Structure and the Davos Planetarium

14:00 08.02.2011 Alexander Salitsky

The New Global Economy Structure and the Davos Planetarium

The successful completion of the 5-year cycle in China coincided in time with the Chinese leader's visit to the US, highlighting the contrast between the relative trajectories of the two economies. Now that the US economy's bankruptcy is an open secret and Washington is in the process of soliciting a …

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