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The hard path to a nuclear-free world

15:52 21.10.2013 Andrey Torin

The hard path to a nuclear-free world

The Executive Secretary of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBTO) Dr. Lassina Zerbo In early October of this year, the newly appointed Executive Secretary of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBTO), Lassina Zerbo, paid a visit to Moscow. The visit …

Interview with L.Zerbo, Executive Secretary of the Preparatory Commission for the Compehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization

19:41 05.10.2013

Interview with L.Zerbo, Executive Secretary of the Preparatory Commission for the Compehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization

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A Plea for Caution From Russia

16:48 12.09.2013

A Plea for Caution From Russia

MOSCOW — RECENT events surrounding Syria have prompted me to speak directly to the American people and their political leaders. It is important to do so at a time of insufficient communication between our societies. Relations between us have passed through different stages. We stood against each other during the …

The Great Mongolian Gold Rush

17:05 02.07.2013 Anna Tomkins

The Great Mongolian Gold Rush

Today Mongolia is attractive to foreign investors in many sectors of the economy, the most dynamic of which are tourism and the development of mining for gold and other precious metals, and the center of attention for this is the Gobi Desert. There is a place in the Mongolian Gobi …

World Energy: From the «Shale Revolution» to Healthy Pragmatism? (II)

16:29 17.06.2013 Pyotr Iskenderov

World Energy: From the «Shale Revolution» to Healthy Pragmatism? (II)

Part IThe two-day international «EU-Russia Energy Dialogue» conference which took place May 29-30, the eighth such conference so far, was once again unable to overcome the stalemate between Moscow and Brussels in the field of energy. The leadership of the European Union still insists that Russia accede to the so-called …

Parliamentary diplomacy: the Latin American vector

3:24 30.05.2013 Andrey Davydenko

Parliamentary diplomacy: the Latin American vector

From 14th to 17th May, an official delegation of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation headed by Chairman V. I. Matviyenko visited Mexico and Cuba. They were an integral part of the parliamentary dimension of the whole multi-vectored foreign policy, which modern Russia effectively applies based on the principles …

EU Membership: Kneel to Join

12:25 30.04.2013 Natalia Meden

EU Membership: Kneel to Join

The Western political elite was happy to welcome the agreement between Serbia and Kosovo. José Manuel Durão Barroso, the current President of the European Commission, applauded the breakthrough by Belgrade and Pristina in their EU-facilitated dialogue. According to him, it was a historic agreement. The President was confident that «the …

The Pope from the end of the world and his challenges. A “geopolitical” interpretation of the Conclave

15:16 27.03.2013 Daniele Scalea

The Pope from the end of the world and his challenges. A “geopolitical” interpretation of the Conclave

On March 13th 2013 the Conclave crowned Jorge Mario Bergoglio new Pope of the Catholic Church. The seventy-six year old Argentinian, whose parents are originated from the Italian region Piedmont, since 1998 archbishop of Buenos Aires, since 2001 Cardinal, is the first American and the first Jesuit to ascend to …

Eurasian Union: Waiting for synergy

12:19 04.03.2013 Vladimir Razuvayev

Eurasian Union: Waiting for synergy

There is an ongoing debate in the post-Soviet era countries on the prospect of the Eurasian Union. Even in those states, which do not intend to join in the near future, or even to join in the accession negotiations. This, of course, shows the importance of the problems of integration …

Not only gas: Italo-Russian relations at Ministry of Economic Development

17:08 27.02.2013

Not only gas: Italo-Russian relations at Ministry of Economic Development

On Thursday the 7th of March, the Ministry of Economic Development will host a conference on Italo-Russian economic relations. The event is organized by IsAG (Institute of Advanced Studies in Geopolitics and Auxiliary Sciences) in collaboration with the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Italy (Rome, 27/02/2013) The Institute of …

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