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Turkmenistan, the heart of the Silk Road

15:32 08.11.2018 Batyr Niyazliev

Turkmenistan, the heart of the Silk Road

OVER 140 YEARS have passed since Ferdinand von Richthofen, a German geologist, geographer and traveler and the president of the Berlin Geographical Society, coined the term Silk Road. Several more decades had passed before scholars in different countries became seriously interested in this phenomenon of the antique and medieval world …

Great game in Central Asia - rivalry persists

1:10 06.11.2018 Andrey Kadomtsev

Great game in Central Asia - rivalry persists

On October 19, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin visited Uzbekistan. According to media reports, Moscow and Tashkent focused on “prospects for further strategic partnership,” cooperation in military technology, and economic ties between the two countries. Moscow is investing billions of dollars and is planning to open more branches of top Russian …

"This is Ukraine"

15:00 02.11.2018 Graham Phillips

"This is Ukraine"

Graham Phillips for International Affairs talks about the harsh Ukrainian reality ...

Germany and Russia: same chancellor, same relations?

13:55 01.11.2018 A. Stepanov

Germany and Russia: same chancellor, same relations?

NOW that the new German government's unprecedentedly lengthy birth throes are over (that government isn't actually all that new), and Germany is back to its political routine, one would naturally wonder whether Russian-German relations would undergo any changes.Alas, so far there somehow aren't too many reasons for optimism. On the …

Donald Trump ‘Covers Up’ Riyadh

13:40 31.10.2018 Pyotr Iskenderov

Donald Trump ‘Covers Up’ Riyadh

The dynamics of relations between the United States and Saudi Arabia, and Washington’s plans to once again ramp up sanctions on Russia reflect the military-political and financial-economic factors underlying the Trump Administration’s foreign policy. The key aspects of President Donald Trump’s “business approach” are the lack of clear-cut, principled and …

Peace or War in Cyberspace?

12:49 29.10.2018 Alexander Zinchenko

Peace or War in Cyberspace?

Information and communication technology (ICT) plays an unprecedented role in today’s world, but cyberspace is clearly lacking in security mechanisms that can guarantee stable and sustained world development. Insufficient information security is a barrier to investment in high-tech sectors. Digital technology with its artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing, big data, …

“Gas War”: Europe as a Battleground

13:03 24.10.2018 Andrey Kadomtsev

“Gas War”: Europe as a Battleground

On October 11, the US Congress presented a bill aimed at reducing Russian gas supplies to EU (!).According to TASS, the document envisages the allocation of $1 billion to finance projects on the use of new sources of energy in the EU, as well as the provision of diplomatic and …

ROHINGYA: SOUTH ASIAN KOSOVARS?

13:03 18.10.2018 G. Ivashentsov

ROHINGYA: SOUTH ASIAN KOSOVARS?

INTERETHNIC CLASHES are not a rarity for many Asian and African countries, and foreign media outlets do not sensationalize them. However, what has happened around the Rohingya community in Myanmar in recent months has largely broken with this pattern. TV screens and newspaper pages have been filled with reports of …

Romania Militarizing the Black Sea Region

18:37 16.10.2018 Vladislav Gulevich

Romania Militarizing the Black Sea Region

Romania’s policy in the Black Sea region is aimed at creating strategic prerequisites for Bucharest to achieve long-term regional leadership.Russia is the only Black Sea country, which does not fit into the geopolitical landscape being built by Bucharest. It is a country with which Romania, as a member of the …

US Conducting Biological Experiments Near Russia’s Borders

13:31 15.10.2018 Sergey Filatov

US Conducting Biological Experiments Near Russia’s Borders

Two statements, almost simultaneously released by the Russia’s Foreign and Defense Ministries, once again raised the issue which, although rarely mentioned, is considered a “silent threat.”On September 25, Vladimir Yermakov, director of the Foreign Ministry’s Department of Non-Proliferation and Arms Control, told the media that Russia will not allow biological …

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