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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 …

Egypt Leaving an Epoch Behind

14:00 02.02.2011 Dmitri Sedov

Egypt Leaving an Epoch Behind

The Anglo-Saxon globalization ran into a major roadblock: at the moment the Egyptian regime which the West has propped up for decades is on the verge of collapse. Even if Mubarak's nominee Omar Suleiman manages to cling on, the global centers of power will have to face a different reality …

Egypt in Fire: Statehood Wisdom Put to Test

14:00 29.01.2011 Yuri Tyssovsky

Egypt in Fire: Statehood Wisdom Put to Test

The tide of popular protests in Egypt shows no signs of subsiding. Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in Cairo, Alexandria, Asyut, Port Said, and Suez to demand the immediate resignation of the current Egyptian leader H. Mubarak dubbed Egypt's last Pharaoh by his opponents. Obviously, his …

Germany worried about euro safety burden

14:00 28.01.2011 Natalia Meden

Germany worried about euro safety burden

As a participant in talks on how to strengthen the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF), Germany opposes excessive responsibility for countries with stable financial system. During a meeting with their colleagues in Brussels on January 17, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble made a critical remark: ''Solidarity cannot be limited to …

Washington: Welcome News from China

14:00 27.01.2011 Alexander Salitsky

Washington: Welcome News from China

Chinese poet and historian Guo Moruo wrote in 1952: “German occupants demolished the monument to Victor Hugo in Paris in 1941. Recently, a model of the Ford plant was installed on the monument's pedestal to demonstrate the dominance of the US dollar empire. No less than the French people, we …

Palestine and Russia

14:00 26.01.2011 Yuri Tyssovsky

Palestine and Russia

Over the past year, Washington's inability to handle the complexities of the situation in the turbulent Middle East largely shaped the parameters of the region's peace process. Locked in a restrictive partnership with Israel, Washington's strategic ally acting as its policeman in the region, the US is clearly unable to …

Carving Up Sudan

14:00 21.01.2011 Andrey Areshev

Carving Up Sudan

A week-long referendum over what is becoming the biggest divorce between African nations in a decade ended in Sudan on January 1. The country's conflict along ethnic and religious lines unfolded for ages. Sudan is split into two distinct parts by the so-far virtual border between the Arab-dominated North and …

Is Tunisia a messenger of a big crisis?

14:00 19.01.2011 Alexander Frolov

Is Tunisia a messenger of a big crisis?

What is going on in Tunisia, a small North African state, which has always been notable for what was seen as domestic stability, moderate pragmatic policy on the international arena and fair economic growth rate? Tunisia’s relations with the West have been presented as exemplary, with considerable investments flowing into …

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