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Libyan reconciliation: via Moscow on to Berlin

12:30 20.01.2020 Andrey Isayev

Libyan reconciliation: via Moscow on to Berlin

During the January 8 talks in Istanbul, Turkey and Russia, acting as “mediators,” called on all parties in Libya to "cease hostilities from midnight on Sunday, January 12, 2020, declare a sustainable ceasefire, supported by necessary measures to be taken for stabilizing the situation on the ground and normalizing daily …

Libya: is reconciliation possible?

11:57 13.01.2020 Andrey Isayev

Libya: is reconciliation possible?

The recent talks between President Vladimir Putin of Russia and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan focused on the commissioning of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline – a major infrastructure project of today: the pipeline is 930 km long, with a capacity of 31,5 bln м3 yearly. According to Gazprom, …

De-evolution of Europe. The equation of Communism with Nazism (First Part)

20:50 05.01.2020 Anis Bajrektarević

De-evolution of Europe. The equation of Communism with Nazism (First Part)

It was indeed cynical and out-of-touch for the EU (Parliament) to suddenly blame, after 80 years, the Soviet Union for triggering WWII. It is unwise (to say least) to resurrect the arguments surrounding the circumstances of the start of World War II. The historians have agreed, the history has been …

USA, Germany, Nord Stream 2

13:38 31.12.2019 Dmitry Babich

USA, Germany, Nord Stream 2

The US sanctions against European companies that are laying pipes of the Baltic gas pipeline Nord Stream- 2 are contrary to any logic, either legal or political. Nevertheless, what this situation speaks of is that the United States continues to pursue the policy of sanctions and pressure against any opponents …

Iran: how to keep the nuclear deal alive

12:24 30.12.2019 Vladimir Sazhin

Iran: how to keep the nuclear deal alive

The situation around the Iran nuclear deal (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action - JCPOA) is getting worse every day as US President Donald Trump and his administration keep ramping up and diversifying financial and economic sanctions against Tehran. Speaking at a summit of Islamic states held in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) …

US vs China: “era of great-power competition”

11:58 23.12.2019 Vladimir Petrovsky

US vs China: “era of great-power competition”

With the year 2019 already on the way out, its preliminary results can already be summed up, and one of the main takeaways is the systematic effort by the United States to deter China by waging a trade and economic war on it and using technological boycott and military-political pressure.US …

The EU and its transformative power in cyberspace (From Lege Specie towards the Universal Jurisdiction)

16:02 19.12.2019 Anis Bajrektarević

The EU and its transformative power in cyberspace (From Lege Specie towards the Universal Jurisdiction)

While our troposphere is dangerously polluted, one other space – that of intangible world, created by the interconnected technology – follows the same pattern: a cyberspace.Information is a content and the frame, means and the goal in the world of binary codes. Commodification of information in digital world is nothing …

Ankara's foreign policy as seen by Turkish experts

11:03 18.12.2019 Andrey Isayev

Ankara's foreign policy as seen by Turkish experts

In the opinion of Turkish authorities, Turkey plays a variety of roles on the foreign policy landscape: it is a major defender of Muslims around the world - from Palestine to Burma; a peacemaker who is destined to put an end to the war in Syria and defeat terrorists of …

US threatens Europe with "gas war"

11:15 17.12.2019 Pyotr Iskenderov

US threatens Europe with "gas war"

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said that the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline will be launched irrespective of the US sanctions. Envisaged by the draft US defense budget for the 2020 fiscal year, the restrictions have already run into an adverse reaction in Europe and could further aggravate Washington’s …

Hong Kong: No more China’s disheartened capitalism, please

12:38 10.12.2019 Wan T. Lee

Hong Kong: No more China’s disheartened capitalism, please

Hong Kong's unrest started in June 2019. It was triggered by the plans to allow extradition to mainland China. Critics felt this could compromise judicial autonomy and jeopardise free-speech legacy.Until 1997, Hong Kong was under the British rule as an overseas territory (effectively a colony), but then returned under the …

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