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Veniamin Popov

Director of the Center for the Partnership of Civilizations at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Candidate of Historical Sciences

Europe's decline: new turmoil awaits Europeans

Today, many political analysts agree that Europe is in relative decline compared to the rest of the world. It is increasingly marginalised – the major European powers have fallen behind in key economic sectors, with Chinese cars rapidly replacing German ones.

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The Middle East crisis could ignite a new, long flare-up

Israel’s war in Gaza has led to a virtual genocide of the Palestinian people: the number of dead and wounded has long since exceeded 100,000, many of the inhabitants of the enclave are suffering from hunger, and there is a glaring lack of medical services. But the Israeli authorities have not been able to eliminate Hamas, and their military actions have led more and more young Palestinians to seek revenge for the terrible suffering of their relatives.

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Today’s world is developing à la Primakov

In December, 1998, during an official visit to New Delhi, then-Prime Minister of Russia E. M. Primakov proposed the creation of a strategic triangle between Russia, India and China, which would be a counterweight to the hegemonic policies of the US and the West, that force their position unto other states. Primakov’s proposal was the first signal vis-à-vis the transformation of the unipolar world that had formed following the fall of the Soviet Union…

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Is the US on the brink of civil war?

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The end of the era of western Europe

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Arab summit takes initiative on Gaza

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Israel’s war against Palestinians in Gaza is an acute international crisis

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Western Europe in crisis

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