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India and the Indo-Pacific: challenges and near-future agenda

11:54 04.02.2019 Vladislav Gulevich

India and the Indo-Pacific: challenges and near-future agenda

The coming into use of the term “Indo-Pacific Region” suggests the growing economic and strategic role of India on the changing geopolitical landscape. Such a concept places India at the center of this landscape, while India’s peripheral presence in the Asia-Pacific region is now a thing of the past.The ultimate …

A New Way of Looking at the History of Russian-Australian Relations

14:47 01.02.2019 Artyom Garin

A New Way of Looking at the History of Russian-Australian Relations

Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor Alexander Yakovevich MassovPhoto by Artyom Garin The new monograph “A New Rival State? Australia in Tsarist Diplomatic Communications” written by Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor Alexander Yakovevich Massov, an official of ethnic radio Radio4EB Brisbane Marina Pollard and expert of languages and literature of Central …

Italy vs France: war of elites over “yellow vests” and Libya

11:19 28.01.2019 Dmitry Babich

Italy vs France: war of elites over “yellow vests” and Libya

The disputes, which regularly flare up between the current governments of France and Italy are important for Russia, since the ideological rift between President Emmanuel Macron and the ruling Italian coalition of Matteo Salvini and Luigi Di Maio has, among other things, have direct bearing on this country. However, there …

40 Years of US-China Relations

0:57 24.01.2019 Vladimir Petrovsky

40 Years of US-China Relations

Forty years after the United States and China established diplomatic relations in January 1979 the anniversary is a good reason to reflect on the past and future of their relationship.The 40th anniversary is best remembered in Beijing. In an interview devoted to the memorable date, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi …

John Bolton's Hawkish Flight

12:04 18.01.2019 Vladimir Sazhin

John Bolton's Hawkish Flight

The American edition of The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), citing former and currently serving politicians who wished not to be named, reported a few days ago that the US National Security Council (NSC), led by presidential adviser John Bolton, turned to the Pentagon last autumn with a request to devise …

Will the world have to choose between US and China?

12:20 17.01.2019 Andrey Kadomtsev

Will the world have to choose between US and China?

As the US-China trade war heats up, more and more experts tend to believe that the world may be heading into a breakup again, just like it did during the years of the Cold War. This time - into two conflicting trade and economic camps, pro-US and pro-China, with almost …

France returns to Laos

12:40 11.01.2019 Vladislav Gulevich

France returns to Laos

The geographical location of Laos, a small landlocked state surrounded by China, Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam and Cambodia, has made it imperative for this country to pursue a well-balanced multi-faceted foreign policy that hinges on the development of a mobile system of economic and political counterbalances.Regional integration is key to the …

Iran: Recapping the year 2018

14:56 05.01.2019 Vladimir Sazhin

Iran: Recapping the year 2018

With the year 2018 according to the Christian calendar now out and 2019 now setting in, people traditionally sum up the results of the past year. Even though the Iranian new year of 1398 is still three months away, we will stick to the Russian tradition and look back on …

“We win, they lose” – Wonderful world of Binary categorisations

23:32 29.12.2018

“We win, they lose” – Wonderful world of Binary categorisations

(Refeudalisation of Europe – III Part) Is the new Containment and its Cold War on our doorstep? Who does it need now and why? To answer that question is to grasp how the previous one ceased.The end of the Cold War came abruptly, overnight. Many in the West dreamt about …

South Korea’s new national security strategy: priorities and nuances

12:50 28.12.2018 Vladimir Petrovsky

South Korea’s new national security strategy: priorities and nuances

On December 20, South Korea’s presidential Blue House unveiled a new national security strategy - a “top-level” national security and defense policy document, which also pertains to President Moon Jae-in’s policy of reuniting with the North. Such documents are normally drawn up once every five years, but the current version …

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