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Central Asia: Top 10 Developments in 2010

14:00 18.01.2011 Alexander Shustov

Central Asia: Top 10 Developments in 2010

The present list of top 10 developments in Central Asia in 2010 was compiled on the basis of the author's assessment of their impact on the region's political and socioeconomic landscape. In any case, the developments surveyed below will likely have enduring repercussions for Central Asia. The second revolution in …

Russia's Importance to Italy

14:00 14.01.2011 Daniele Scalea

Russia's Importance to Italy

The Italian diplomacy is traditionally built on a sophisticated play and intricate maneuvers among various allies and friends. This is an explainable choice of strategy for the country which was the last to join the club of great powers and emerged as a mid-level player only in 1943. Italy always …

UN General Assembly 65th Session: Below Expectations

14:00 10.01.2011 Alexander Mezyaev

UN General Assembly 65th Session: Below Expectations

Formally, the 65th session of the UN General Assembly continues but its part dedicated to serious debates and real decision-making ended in 2010. Though the session will likely convene without any impact on the global state of affairs once or twice before the 66th session opens in September 2011, the …

Cuba to Launch New Economic Policy

14:00 01.01.2011 Vladimir Nesterov

Cuba to Launch New Economic Policy

On January 1, 2011 Cubans will celebrate the 52nd anniversary of the revolution that opened the era of social justice in Latin America. Today's political dynamics across the continent – the radical reforms in Venezuela and Ecuador, the nationally oriented politics pursued by Argentine, Brazil, and several other countries – …

The Major Foreign Policy Events of 2010

14:00 29.12.2010

The Major Foreign Policy Events of 2010

Unofficial translation from Russian The Major Foreign Policy Events of 2010 1. 2010 saw international relations continue to be transformed, changing from a confrontation and conflict paradigm to that based on cooperation. The central task of Russian foreign policy, as President Dmitry Medvedev repeatedly emphasized, inter alia in his remarks …

US Hopes To Reverse History in Cuba

14:00 29.12.2010 Nil Nikandrov

US Hopes To Reverse History in Cuba

Among other revelations, WikiLeaks exposed the US Department of State's plans for a color revolution in Cuba. The agency's report epitomizing the genre describes a coordination forum of Cuba's three top opposition groups counting a total of 63 members. It convened in the office of the political department of the …

EU's «Christmas Present» for Bulgarians and Romanians

14:00 28.12.2010 Vladimir Nesterov

EU's «Christmas Present» for Bulgarians and Romanians

The trouble is that the practice of Berlin and Paris does not meet the principles of EU’s expansion and making the levels of its members’ development equal. That is why either the principles or the line-up of the EU should change. And again Berlin and Paris will decide on it. …

Medvedev to give year-end interview to top channels

0:00 24.12.2010

Medvedev to give year-end interview to top channels

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has given an interview to the heads of Russia’s three leading TV channels on Friday. The conversation covered the key events and issues of 2010. The president’s review of the year, which is now an annual tradition following the first in 2008, is broadcast live by …

Who chooses the new arms race?

14:00 23.12.2010 Yuri Rubtsov

Who chooses the new arms race?

The last days of 2010 were marked by hot disputes in the US Senate on the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty agreement (START) signed between Russia and the US. On this occasion the commander of the Russian Strategic Missile Forces Sergey Karakayev invited reporters to his headquarters in the Vlasikha …

How the Collective Security Treaty Organization and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Can Help Tackle the Afghan Conundrum

14:00 22.12.2010 Nikolai Kozyrev

How the Collective Security Treaty Organization and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Can Help Tackle the Afghan Conundrum

Considering that the hope to crush the resistance of radical groups in Afghanistan is not materializing while the scheduled withdrawal of the Western coalition from the country is drawing closer, Russia is left with no other option but to take a bigger role in tackling the Afghan and the wider …

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