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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 …

The world's first metallurgical furnace for man-made waste recycling launched in Russia

12:12 24.12.2018

The world's first metallurgical furnace for man-made waste recycling launched in Russia

The pilot installation of the world's only metallurgical furnace capable of processing iron-containing industrial waste as well as solid waste, simultaneously smelting up to 16,000 tons of metal per year, producing electricity and not harming the environment was launched on December 18, 2018 in Mtsensk, Oryol Region. The furnace has …

Italy steps up political activities in the Mediterranean

15:14 13.12.2018 Vladislav Gulevich

Italy steps up political activities in the Mediterranean

The Mediterranean serves as a platform for Rome’s geopolitical efforts in the region which are aimed at creating a powerful configuration of strength that would leave the three main vectors of Italy’s foreign policy – the southern (directed at North Africa), the western (directed at the Atlantic) and the eastern …

Arrogance of force and hostages in US-China trade war

11:40 12.12.2018 Vladimir Petrovsky

Arrogance of force and hostages in US-China trade war

Even before the ink on the comments made by those who (just like the author of these lines) saw the recent meeting between US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Buenos Aires as a sign of a temporary truce in the trade war between the two …

External Factor in Syrian Conflict

14:10 06.12.2018 Yevgeny Pedanov

External Factor in Syrian Conflict

The Syrian conflict was high on the agenda of a conference on the problems of the Middle East and Africa, which was recently held at the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Oriental Studies in Moscow. The participants pointed to the external aspect as the main factor in the conflict, …

Leave not stay? EU approves UK exit

12:25 04.12.2018 Andrey Kadomtsev

Leave not stay? EU approves UK exit

On November 25, leaders of the EU member states approved an agreement on the withdrawal of Great Britain from the Union. The last objections, voiced by Spain, were lifted after Madrid received "assurances from the British government concerning Gibraltar." Now the British Prime Minister Theresa May will have to secure …

Tehran Conference 75 Year On: How It All Happened

12:21 30.11.2018 Vladimir Sazhin

Tehran Conference 75 Year On: How It All Happened

Seventy-five years ago, on November 28 - December 1, 1943, the leaders of the Soviet Union, the United States and Great Britain – the three great Allied powers waging a bloody battle against fascism - were meeting in the Iranian capital Tehran. The Tehran Conference (codenamed Eureka) was the first …

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