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Will China Help Modernize Russia?

15:00 16.09.2010 Alexander Salitsky

Will China Help Modernize Russia?

Russian President D. Medvedev's visit to China will certainly help clarify in what international settings Russia is going to put into practice its declared modernization course.China's economic and political rise to which the economic downturn in industrialized countries added visibility is largely owed to Beijing's commitment to the strategy of …

Kyrgyzstan: all power to drug lords!

15:00 15.09.2010 Alexander Shustov

Kyrgyzstan: all power to drug lords!

On 6th September reports emerged in Kyrgyzstan that drug mafia was getting prepared to smuggle 3 tons of drugs through the republic by means of armed invasion, similar to the one taking place during the war in Batken in 1999-2000, when each of the militants had 20-30 kg of drugs …

Does the Moscow-Ankara-Rome Axis Stand a Chance?

15:00 13.09.2010 Vladislav Gulevich

Does the Moscow-Ankara-Rome Axis Stand a Chance?

Turkey dropped Russia from its list of potentially threatening countries. Largely due to its support for the Kurdish resistance, the list used to include the USSR and subsequently Russia. As a country from the US orbit, Turkey was somewhat slow to assess the geopolitical landscape of the emerging multipolar world, …

«Hot Autumn» in Europe, or the Rebellion Without Hope

15:00 13.09.2010 Elena Pustovoytova

«Hot Autumn» in Europe, or the Rebellion Without Hope

European governments are doing all they can to sustain the banking sector's customary profit margins, if necessary – at the expense of the general population. Social programs are sacrificed serially to stem mounting budget deficits. The actual result is that while the budgets are shrinking cash is flowing into the …

Iraqi Kurdistan, and the Future of the Russian Gas Business

15:00 10.09.2010 Eldar Kasayev

Iraqi Kurdistan, and the Future of the Russian Gas Business

Although the Iraqi government had long been opposed to oil exports from Kurdistan, the region transported oil abroad relying on its own legislation. A corresponding standard act has not been adopted yet, but over the past few years the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has signed a series of production sharing …

On You Go, Tight Assed Democracy

17:03 09.09.2010 Armen Oganesyan

On You Go, Tight Assed Democracy

"In Yekaterinburg, controversy erupted around the decision of an international judge, which rehabilitated foul language, recognizing three popular words, "not as insults, but interjections." The headline of a small newspaper article, which quite possibly did not belong to the author, also sounds like a sentence: "No censorship! The theme justifies …

Referendum Failure in Moldova as a Triumph of Democracy

15:00 07.09.2010 Pyotr Iskenderov

Referendum Failure in Moldova as a Triumph of Democracy

The unanticipated failure of the the September 5 constitutional referendum in Moldova came as a shock not only to the pro-Western faction of the country's elite but no less to the forces within the EU which hoped the vote would help push Russia out of the strategic Transnistria and weaken …

US Gets Ready to Knock The World Offline

15:00 06.09.2010 Leonid Savin

US Gets Ready to Knock The World Offline

After October 1 thousands of US military hackers and spies will get down to their cyber war activities. The declarations for taking cyber defense measures can be heard more and more often in the US. US analysts state that information and communication networks, on which the national infrastructure depends on, …

Global Energy Sector Trends: Intensifying Rivalry Over Energy Resources

15:00 06.09.2010 Ajdar Kurtov

Global Energy Sector Trends: Intensifying Rivalry Over Energy Resources

The accuracy of forecasts always leaves much to be desired, and still Russia has to take seriously the task of understanding the future of the global energy sector. Sitting on vast energy reserves, Russia is open about its energy superpower ambitions, but natural resources alone are no guarantee of a …

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, …

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