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South Ossetia at the crossroads

15:00 03.09.2010 Andrey Areshev

South Ossetia at the crossroads

Moscow's recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia in August 2008 was an important political step towards a brand new status of the Russian Federation in post-Soviet societies. Over the past two years this step has been thoroughly analyzed by various think tanks dealing with the future of the Caucasus. So, …

Iraq War from a Historical Perspective

15:00 03.09.2010 Alexander Frolov

Iraq War from a Historical Perspective

In accord with the withdrawal timetable rolled out back in 2008, B. Obama ordered the pullout of the majority of the US forces from Iraq. The plan is that only some 50,000 US servicemen will stay to train the Iraqi army and security services. Now comes the time to assess …

Surrender of Japan: the end of World War II

15:00 02.09.2010 Taras Dyachenko

Surrender of Japan: the end of World War II

Today marks the 65th anniversary since the end of World War II. On 14 August, 1945, Emperor Hirohito issued the Imperial Rescript of Surrender announcing that Japan accepted the terms set down in the Potsdam Declaration. On 15 August the country’s Foreign Ministry sent a telegram to its envoy in …

Public Diplomacy In Life

15:00 01.09.2010 Elena Ribalova

Public Diplomacy In Life

Kondopoga prepares for the International cooperation and national diplomacy as a civil society and territory development factor international conference to be held on September 3 and 4 to generalize experience of cooperation between the friendship societies and foreign countries (Switzerland, Norway, Finland, Russia), strengthening of their role in development of …

CIA in Honduras: the Practice of Selective Terror

15:00 31.08.2010 Nil Nikandrov

CIA in Honduras: the Practice of Selective Terror

President of Honduras Manuel Zelaya was displaced slightly over a year ago in a coup staged by the local oligarchy and the US intelligence community. The coup came as a punishment for Zelaya's alignment with H. Chavez and other populist Latin American leaders. Since the time, the news flow from …

Islamization of Tajikistan

15:00 31.08.2010 Alexander Shustov

Islamization of Tajikistan

In recent years Tajikistan has been involved in the process of active Islamization. Being one of the poorest countries in the region, and still healing wounds of a bloody civil war of 1992-1997, Tajikistan turned out to be receptive to Islam. The consequences of this will certainly affect not only …

Who Are the Real Pirates in Somalia?

15:00 30.08.2010 Alexander Mezyaev

Who Are the Real Pirates in Somalia?

A new international anti-piracy plan proposed by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was discussed on August 25. Russia is suggesting the establishment of an intentional court to try pirates, and the UN Secretary General offers several anti-piracy options: The establishment of a Somali or UN-assisted court in a third state …

Iran Joins Peaceful Nuclear Club

15:00 27.08.2010 Vladimir Yurtaev

Iran Joins Peaceful Nuclear Club

On August 21, 2010, a long awaited launch of the first unit of Iran's first nuclear power plant Bushehr was held. The first stage of Iran’s peaceful nuclear program has been completed and we can congratulate the Iranian people with such a significant achievement. In early 1971 the Shah approved …

Guam Back to Life?

15:00 26.08.2010 Bogdan Tsirdya

Guam Back to Life?

No doubt, 2010 has been a watershed year in Eurasian geopolitics. Favorable economic conditions helped Russia achieve serious political gains, though, in fact, the basis for some of the ongoing geopolitical transformations emerged in 2008 when Georgia lost the Five Day War. Georgia's defeat and the advent of pro-Russian Yanukovich …

Shadows of Kosovo and OSCE Over Kyrgyzstan

15:00 26.08.2010 Pyotr Iskenderov

Shadows of Kosovo and OSCE Over Kyrgyzstan

The first group of experts from the international commission investigating the June, 2010 clashes in the southern part of Kyrgyzstan plans to be in Osh by early September. Commission chief Kimmo Kiljunen said on August 23 that Kyrgyz president R. Otunbaeva reaffirmed Bishkek's support for the initiative of Finland, Sweden, …

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