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Tony Kevin: «West should understand, respect and don’t be afraid of Russia»

15:12 07.02.2018 Anastasia Tolstukhina

Tony Kevin: «West should understand, respect and don’t be afraid of Russia»

Tony KevinAnthony Charles Kevin is former Australian public servant and diplomat (1968-1998), and since 1998 – an independent non-fiction author with five books and numerous articles published on diverse political issues. He is a controversial figure in Australia because he is very critical to the policy of the Western countries …

The Crisis of Democracy: what to do? (what is to be done?/what's next?)

16:23 30.01.2018 Fedor Zima

The Crisis of Democracy: what to do? (what is to be done?/what's next?)

The information war that has been unfolding in the world seems to be hopelessly mired in fakes and lies, and, most importantly, it does not struggle for truth, but against it. But more and more often the Western media demonstrates some glimpses of unusual common-sense rhetoric.The National Interest magazine recently …

The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) : the Core of Continental Integration

13:29 24.01.2018 Fedor Zima

The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) : the Core of Continental Integration

The chairmanship in the (EAEU) in 2018 was passed to Russia from Kyrgyzstan. The presidency includes the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council (president level) the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council (prime minister level) and the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC). Among the main expectations and plans for the year there are:The …

Elections in Mexico: is it Russia again ... ... or the USA?

13:22 24.01.2018 Boris Tarabrin

Elections in Mexico: is it Russia again ... ... or the USA?

In early January US National Security Adviser Herbert McMaster accused Russia of "interfering" in the upcoming presidential elections in ... Mexico. To top it off as they say... Speaking about in the so-called. "interference" in various elections, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had already joked: "You have not listed all we …

Valdai Club searching interaction models

21:44 26.12.2017 Pyotr Iskenderov

Valdai Club searching interaction models

The 14th annual Valdai International Discussion Club meeting ended October 19th in Sochi initially set up a task to extend the common format of expert discussions and try to create perspective models of world development based on rethinking of political and legal standards and social and economic trends that used …

19th Chinese Communist party meeting and Russia’s interests

21:43 26.12.2017 Pyotr Iskenderov

19th Chinese Communist party meeting and Russia’s interests

The meeting of the Communist Party of China that closed October 24 in Beijing became one of the most closed forums in the modern history of the Celestial, due to the serious staff issues that it was meant to solve, in the context of CPC president Xi Jingping’s fight on …

Russia - Iran: risks and prospects

21:41 26.12.2017 Pyotr Iskenderov

Russia - Iran: risks and prospects

President Putin's visit to Iran ended November 1st had two key planes, the geopolitical and economic one. Both of them are interrelated, however, they have their direct objects, too. If politically the relations of Moscow and Tehran should be considered, first of all, in the context of the situation in …

President Trump’s resolution on Jerusalem status: regional and global context

21:39 26.12.2017 Alexander Kramarenko

President Trump’s resolution on Jerusalem status: regional and global context

The resolution of the White House declared the other day inevitably caused an avalanche of feedback. No other issue in the current situation could be at the same level in terms of its symbols and layers, including the analysis of domestic situation in the USA. Even if a big banner …

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 …

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