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Lend-Lease Contribution to the Victory Over Nazis Overstated

15:00 07.05.2011 Sergei Smolyannikov

Lend-Lease Contribution to the Victory Over Nazis Overstated

On the eve of the anniversary of the triumph over Nazis, we are reliving step by step the Soviet people's march to the great victory. It took years of fighting – in deep defense and in fearless attacks - to go all the way from the first battles at the …

National Interests of Russia in Information Confrontation

15:00 06.05.2011 Nikolai Dimlevich

National Interests of Russia in Information Confrontation

Analysis of international political and military situation and the information shows that in the modern world, several developed countries (USA, UK, France, Germany, India and China) are actively increasing their efforts to achieve global dominance in the information field, which leads to strengthening the entire spectrum of strategic threats for …

The intriguing death of Osama bin Laden

15:00 04.05.2011 M.K. Bhadrakumar

The intriguing death of Osama bin Laden

Think of the irony of it. Osama bin Laden was finally tracked down not in the lawless wilds of Afghanistan but in the teeming Pakistani city of Abbottabad, which is hardly 50 kilometers away as the crow flies from the headquarters of the military establishment in Rawalpindi. Abbottabad has been …

Already ratified, START is still a matter of dispute to Russia and U.S.

15:00 28.04.2011 Yuri Rubtsov

Already ratified, START is still a matter of dispute to Russia and U.S.

Washington is interested in starting broad discussions with Moscow on further reduction of strategic nuclear arsenals. The announcement was made by Rose Gottemoeller, assistant secretary of state for arms control, as she spoke at the Naval Academy in Annapolis last week. In her speech she made it clear that the …

Libya and Korea: fatal cohesion of events (II)

15:00 27.04.2011 Oleg Revenko , Alexander Vorontsov

Libya and Korea: fatal cohesion of events (II)

Creeping of instability and political revolts in the Arab East has given birth to expectations that the democratic wave will soon reach North Korea as well. Indeed: if there is no chance to change the political regime in North Korea by using military force so why not to choose less …

Libya and Korea: fatal cohesion of events (I)

15:00 26.04.2011 Oleg Revenko , Alexander Vorontsov

Libya and Korea: fatal cohesion of events (I)

Though geographically the revolution-ridden North Africa and North Eastern Asia are far from each other, many analysts draw parallels and even come up with forecasts about similar fates of the leaders of Jamahiriya and North Korea. The current events in Libya put the following question – Does a small country …

Can BRICS soften dollar crisis?

15:00 21.04.2011 Alexander Salitsky

Can BRICS soften dollar crisis?

On April 10, in an interview with a CNN host and political observer Fareed Zakaria, the former secretary of state James Baker, when he was speaking about the current global changes, said the following: “The biggest challenge facing the U.S. isn’t turmoil in the Arab world. It’s our debt bomb”. …

Elections in Finland and rise of nationalism all over Europe

15:00 20.04.2011 Pyotr Iskenderov

Elections in Finland and rise of nationalism all over Europe

The parliamentary elections, held in Finland on April 17, were marked by an unprecedented success of the True Finns, which is regarded as a nationalist party. According to the preliminary results, the True Finns have received 19% of votes and increased their representation at the parliament to 39 from only …

BRICS and the Mission of Reconfiguring the World

15:00 18.04.2011 Leonid Ivashov

BRICS and the Mission of Reconfiguring the World

More than ever over the past decade, geopolitics watchers whose approach to international developments is - in line with the projections made by founders of the school of thought N.Ya. Danilevsky, O. Spengler, and A.J. Toynbee - premised in the assumption that distinct civilizations will overshadow countries and ethnic groups …

Forces Regrouped in World Politics?

15:00 12.04.2011 Andrei Volodin

Forces Regrouped in World Politics?

The BRICS summit will convene in China's Sanya beach resort on April 14. For the first time in the alliance's relatively short history, South Africa will participate in the forum as a member along with Brazil, Russia, India, and China, while the disquieting political settings of the early 2011 reinforce …

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