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What is India in for?

15:00 06.07.2010 Andrei Volodin

What is India in for?

Summer is not only the best season to have a vacation but also time to think over some political events and revise, if necessary, existing political strategies. India is not an exception. Major issues on the agenda are as follows: what links are there between Delhi's focus on polycentric world …

Escalation in Karabakh in the Context of President D. Medvedev`s Visit to the US and the Coming «Battle Over Iran»

15:00 23.06.2010 Andrey Areshev

Escalation in Karabakh in the Context of President D. Medvedev`s Visit to the US and the Coming «Battle Over Iran»

The provocation at the Armenian-Azerbaijani Line of Contact in Karabakh, in the proximity of the village of Chaylu, on the night of June 19 had repercussions worldwide. The attempt of an Azerbaijani reconnaissance group to cross the line left 4 Armenian conscripts dead and 4 – injured. Reportedly, some of …

Russia Reacts To New UN Sanctions On Iran

15:00 22.06.2010 Andrey Areshev

Russia Reacts To New UN Sanctions On Iran

The Russian Foreign Ministry`s website released an official statement following the UN decision to toughen sanctions against Iran. Moscow sees "a package of additional measures to press Iran" adopted by Washington and Brussels as "violation of principles of cooperation between the six nations involved in the talks on Iran`s nuclear …

Russia and the XXI Century Geopolitical Challenges. On the Eve of President D. Medvedev`s Visit to the US

15:00 21.06.2010 Nikolai Dimlevich

Russia and the XXI Century Geopolitical Challenges. On the Eve of President D. Medvedev`s Visit to the US

Russia gained enormous foreign-politics experience across the world in the imperial epoch and in the Soviet era. Assessing the Russian-US relations over the past year from the standpoint of this experience, one readily concludes that the highlight for the period of time has been Washington`s generous offer to press the …

«Nobody But We!». On President D. Medvedev`s Visit to the US.

15:00 20.06.2010 Victor Kovalev

«Nobody But We!». On President D. Medvedev`s Visit to the US.

Russian President D. Medvedev will travel to the US on June 22-24. The visit will include a Silicon Valley tour and talks in Washington aimed at boosting the cooperation between Russia and the US in the innovations and high tech sector. There is obvious continuity of the Russian President`s US …

American democracy and Iraqi economy

15:00 11.06.2010 Eldar Kasayev

American democracy and Iraqi economy

In the beginning of US intervention in Iraq there was talking that democratization will lead to the economic prosperity. In practice it turned out to be wrong. In 2005, the constitution of Iraq was approved, Iraq was proclaimed a democratic state and the presidential and parliamentary elections were held (the …

Russia to Build Nuclear Power Plant in Turkey

15:00 08.06.2010 Vladimir Sotnikov

Russia to Build Nuclear Power Plant in Turkey

Russian Prime Minister V. Putin will visit Istanbul on June 8. Last May Russian President D. Medvedev signed a landmark agreement in Ankara by which Russia would within the coming 7 years construct Turkey`s first nuclear power plant. The first tender to construct a nuclear power plant in Turkey was …

Plunged in Chaos: The Bilderberg Conference in Europe

15:00 04.06.2010 Olga Chetverikova

Plunged in Chaos: The Bilderberg Conference in Europe

The Bilderberg group will convene in Sitges, Spain, a resort community 30 km from Barcelona, on June 4-7. As usual, the information is supplied by James Tucker and Daniel Estulin who revealed that this year the issues topping the agenda of the club`s meeting will be the global recession and …

The Conundrum of the South Korean Corvette (II)

15:00 04.06.2010 Oleg Revenko , Alexander Vorontsov

The Conundrum of the South Korean Corvette (II)

The report on the sinking of S. Korea`s Cheonan corvette claiming that the tragedy had been caused by a torpedo fired by a N. Korean submarine caused further escalation on the Korean Peninsula. In a strongly worded address to the nation on May 24, S. Korean President Lee Myung-bak made …

The Trianon. Riding the Moscow-Budapest Train

16:19 03.06.2010 Alexander Rusyn

The Trianon. Riding the Moscow-Budapest Train

Some 90 years ago, on June 4, 1920 the allies who won World War I and the defeated Hungary signed a peace treaty – the Treaty of Trianon - in the the Grand Trianon Palace in Versailles. Subcarpathian Rusyns, Slovaks,Romanians, Croats, Serbs, and the respective communities across the world rejoiced …

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