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Norway's Enigmatic «Lone Terrorist»

15:00 27.07.2011 Yuri Gavrilechko

Norway's Enigmatic «Lone Terrorist»

Anders Breivik already seems to have emerged as one of the XX century's top-famous terrorists. Day by day, his popularity visibly grows not only in the ranks of the European radical right but also among the Europeans with otherwise mainstream views. Grabbing the media headlines, the Oslo and Utoya Island …

Europe's Quiet Corner Under Terrorist Attack

15:00 25.07.2011 Dmitri Sedov

Europe's Quiet Corner Under Terrorist Attack

The September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on the New York Trade Center left the world divided. The US Administration and its giant propaganda machine made huge efforts to convince their audiences that the terrorist act had been perpetrated by Al Qaeda, but the developments that followed pointed with utmost clarity …

Turkey’s Geopolitical Interests and Middle East Revolts

15:00 20.07.2011 George Protopapas

Turkey’s Geopolitical Interests and Middle East Revolts

“Arab Spring” is dramatically shifting the regional balance of power in the Middle East and North Africa creating a new status of winners and losers. Arab uprising challenges Turkish foreign policy which is based on ‘’zero problems’’ policy with its neighbors. Turkey’s most significant challenge is to define its role …

Skeptical Remarks on the Eve of the Hannover Russia-Germany Summit

15:00 18.07.2011 Vaslili Kashirin

Skeptical Remarks on the Eve of the Hannover Russia-Germany Summit

There is consensus across the expert community that a new phase of the settlement in Transnistria was energized by the June 4-5, 2010 informal meeting between Russian President D. Medvedev and German Chancellor A. Merkel in the Meseberg Castle near Berlin. The key result produced by the talks was Russia's …

Libya's «Freedom Fighters» Found to Engage in Pillage

15:00 15.07.2011 Dmitri Sedov

Libya's «Freedom Fighters» Found to Engage in Pillage

According to a recent New York Times article, Human Rights Watch released materials citing cases of gross abuse by anti-Gadhafi rebels in a mountainous area located in the western part of Libya. Incidents are reported to have taken place in the towns of Qawalish, Awaniya, Rayaniyah and Zawiyat al-Bagul seized …

Preventive Diplomacy: No Asian Century without the pan-Asian Institution

15:00 14.07.2011 Anis Bajrektarević

Preventive Diplomacy: No Asian Century without the pan-Asian Institution

For over a decade, many of the relevant academic journals are full of articles prophesizing the 21st as the Asian century. The argument is usually based on the impressive economic growth, increased production and trade volumes as well as the booming foreign currency reserves and exports of many populous Asian …

Will international terrorists help the U.S. build ‘The Greater Middle East’?

15:00 13.07.2011 Pyotr Iskenderov

Will international terrorists help the U.S. build ‘The Greater Middle East’?

The so-called ‘Arab spring’, which started as a wave of anti-government riots in Tunisia and Egypt, is now developing in full accordance with the US scenario, its main aim being to reshape the geopolitics, which the Bush administration once described as ‘The Greater Middle East’ plan.Emphasis is made on maintaining …

No Point in Discarding State Capitalism

15:00 11.07.2011 Alexander Salitsky

No Point in Discarding State Capitalism

Last June, Russia's series of investment forums presented Moscow with an opportunity to unveil plans for a serious correction of its economic policies, and what seems to be at the bottom line is a radical departure from the concept of state capitalism. It is unclear at the moment how the …

Developments in Afghanistan From the Greater Middle East Perspective

15:00 11.07.2011 Alexander Knyazev

Developments in Afghanistan From the Greater Middle East Perspective

Any developments in Afghanistan and the adjacent region should be interpreted within a wider picture of Washington's geopolitical project known as the Greater Middle East, the plan to set up a Greater Pashtunistan being an integral part of the design. The idea predictably struck a cord with a considerable fraction …

Tears and blood in Athens

15:00 04.07.2011 George Protopapas

Tears and blood in Athens

Greek government passed an unpopular austerity programme on Wednesday provoking the strong reaction of public opinion. Syntagma Square, the headquarter of greek protesters - have camped out at square for weeks – became the center of bloody clashes between police and fringe masked anarchists. The majority of greek leading newspapers …

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