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Iran: the hard fate of JCPOA

21:37 26.12.2017 Vladimir Sazhin

Iran: the hard fate of JCPOA

US president Donald Trump published a new strategy on Iran. There were two major declarations. The first one related to inacceptability for the USA of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Actions (JCPOA) signed in 2015 on Iranian nuclear program. The second one related to sanctions against the Islamic Revolutionary Guard …

How the Internet made nuclear war thinkable (again)

17:10 21.12.2017 Rafal Rohozinski

How the Internet made nuclear war thinkable (again)

Nuclear weapons formed the basis of strategic stability between the nuclear superpowers for the past seventy years. The threat of instantaneous and mutual annihilation helped concentrate minds, including the establishment of clear and unambiguous “rules of the game” among the nuclear superpowers. States continued to compete, but competition was never …

70 years of India-Russia relations: A historic milestone

1:54 30.11.2017 Pankaj Saran

70 years of India-Russia relations: A historic milestone

Relations between India and Russia are rooted in history, mutual trust and mutually beneficial cooperation. This is a strategic partnership that has withstood the test of time, and which enjoys the support of the people of both countries.Diplomatic relations between India and Russia began even before India achieved independence, on …

A new war in the Middle East?

16:11 24.11.2017 Vladimir Maximov

A new war in the Middle East?

In the Middle East, a new stormy confrontation may emerge. After the ISIS militants’ defeat and the beginning of a political settlement in Syria, old confrontations within the Muslim world can cause a new explosion of tension and violence.Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Israel come out on top in the Middle …

Maidan 3.0 and Poroshenko in power: components of the formula

11:49 14.11.2017 Denis Baturin

Maidan 3.0 and Poroshenko in power: components of the formula

The external situation and internal political pressure makes President Petro Poroshenko to seek a formula of retaining power. This formula is very hard to find in the country experiencing regular takeovers since 2005 and currently living under control of the West that kept the old political elite considerably but also …

Group-IB shares Bad Rabbit ransomware information with INTERPOL

12:55 03.11.2017

Group-IB shares Bad Rabbit ransomware information with INTERPOL

Noboru Nakatani and Ilya Sachkov sign the agreement on cooperation between INTERPOL and Group-IBGroup-IB discovered digital traces of cybercriminal activity connected with Bad Rabbit ransomware and passed them to INTERPOL for further research Moscow, November 2nd, 2017 – Group-IB, one of the global leaders in high-fidelity Threat Intelligence and best …

Iraqi Kurdistan: “a step forward, then two steps back”

11:26 02.11.2017 Andrey Isayev

Iraqi Kurdistan: “a step forward, then two steps back”

The first result of the Iraqi Kurdistan independence referendum was seizure of the disputed territories and even a part of the autonomous district by the Hashd al-Shaabi controlled by Iran and the regular Iraqi army. Incidentally, the bone of contemption of it, the Kirkuk oil-exploration region, was left by the …

A new window of opportunities: the Saudi king’s visit to Moscow

11:51 09.10.2017 Andrey Isayev

A new window of opportunities: the Saudi king’s visit to Moscow

Last week the king of Saudi Arabia Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud visited Moscow. This visit was prepared for about 2 years, and everytime the visit was postponed due to the reasons uncontrolled by the Russian party. The press of Saudi Arabia called the visit a historical one before the negotiations …

Role of media in Russia-Europe relations “reset” will be discussed in Budapest

14:59 04.10.2017

Role of media in Russia-Europe relations “reset” will be discussed in Budapest

On 5th of October in Budapest (Hungary) will be held an international conference «Russia and Europe: Topical Issues of Contemporary International Journalism». The conference is organized by the International Affairs magazine with support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Federal Agency for Press and Mass Media of the Russian …

IR Theory And The “New Middle East”

23:26 08.08.2017 Hamsa Haddad

IR Theory And The “New Middle East”

There’s been talk by the US for over a decade already about a so-called “New Middle East”, a vague concept which was never officially described by American officials yet has been heavily speculated upon by the expert community, both within the country and abroad. The generally accepted concept has grown …

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