Do you think 51 years is a long time or a short time? It is, for example, two and a half life cycles of lemurs or three lives of predatory mammalian fossils. I chose these rare animals as an example for a reason. If my readers are familiar with the masterpiece of animated cinema “Madagascar”, they will easily remember that these animals acted in the cartoon as indigenous inhabitants of this mysterious island. Where did I get the number from? It’s simple: that’s how many years have passed since the establishment of Russian-Malagasy diplomatic relations…

In the previous article, you and I examined the relations between Russia and the ASEAN organisation – one of the fundamentally important “players” in the Asia-Pacific region. This is the largest and most successful association in Southeast Asia, which in geo-economic terms occupies one of the leading places in Asia and unites a region with a population of over 600 million people. Now I propose to talk about the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, a multilateral regional association with the participation of 21 economies, including Russia, which discusses…

“Our country is fully open to an extensive dialogue on pressing issues on the regional agenda, intends to continue to actively participate in efforts to build a system of interstate relations in the Asia-Pacific region based on equality, mutual benefit and respect for each other’s legitimate interests” – Russian President Vladimir Putin told the participants of the Eastern Economic Forum held in Vladivostok, the Primorsky Krai capital, last September, once again designating such a complex and diverse region as the Asia-Pacific as one of the priority frontiers of the country’s modern foreign policy…

During the last several years the situation in the Sahel region has undergone significant changes. Coups d’Etat have consistently taken place in Mali, Burkina-Faso, Niger and Gabon. Realizing their own significance in the multipolar world, African countries are more and more drifting away from the former colonial powers, which had used them for centuries as a cheap source of natural resources. Such perturbations in the region are giving way to a new span…

The African continent is one of the fastest growing energy markets in the world, driven by the economic and demographic potential of countries on the continent. Such a leap poses new challenges for African countries. The energy industry remains one of the main challenges. As a major player in the market, Russia is the partner of choice for many countries in the nuclear energy field…

The term “Americanization” was first coined in Germany back in the 19^th century, when American goods began to actively penetrate the German market. The German economy’s dependence on the American one goes back to the recent past, and, in particular, to the post-war years, when the American Marshall Plan allowed Western Germany to completely restore its economy, but of course not for free. It was beneficial for the United States to consolidate the capitalist order in the enfeebled country and gain full influence over it, including economic and political one. However, the United States survived both world wars relatively unscathed with minimal damage…

For more than a decade, demands for the resignation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have been voiced in Israel. There are many reasons for this: growing social inequality, the housing crisis, accusations of cheap populism, numerous corruption scandals, which put him under an ongoing investigation, attempts to reorganize the judicial system, which led to mass protests. And after the militants of the terrorist…