Revisiting the Crisis of Western European Civilization
Of late, political scientists from the US and Western European countries have begun more frequently writing on the crisis of the West. Indeed, the confusion that now reigns in Washington, the discord in the European Union...
When Will the West Wake Up to the Fact That the World has Changed
The changes that are taking place in today’s world often are so rapid and unpredictable that they leave certain US and European politicians utterly confused. The state those people often...
How Well the Arab World is Taking Trump's Victory
As one cold expect the Arab countries, just like any other state in the world, were following closely the US presidential campaign. This is understandable, since the people of this war-torn region are kin to know what the White...
ISIL is the Direct Result of Western Inconsistency
It has been observed that many of those who have identified themselves with aplomb as an elevated European civilization and condescendingly speak about other cultures, who are beneath them in their opinion, however, significant...
Middle East Peace Negotiations at a Standstill
World events are speeding up their run, replacing, pushing and crowding each other. This is typical for the Middle East region, where after the "Arab Spring Revolutions" a barrage of shocks, major changes continues to occupy new areas. Today, hardly...
Drama in the Mediterranean
Mid-April 2015 will go down in Mediterranean history as a time of terrible tragedies. In ancient times called the Great Sea and Mare Nostrum, meaning “our sea”, it is coming to be known as the “sea of death”, having become the grave of many hundreds of immigrants, who...
The growing danger of the “Islamic State”
Every day frightening reports unexpectedly emerge on the actions of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS terrorist group, who seems to be really gaining momentum, as if they feel invulnerable and act with impunity. An example of one of the unpredictable reports on...
A Gloomy Summary of the Outgoing Year
The outgoing 2014 is destined, apparently, to go down in the annals of history as a special year given its share of iconic dates (note, for example, 100 years since WWI and 75 years since WWII, 25 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, and due to abundance of...
The Islamic State and the Problem of Extremism
A New Stage in International Relations
"All progress is reactionary if a person collapses." - Andrei Voznesensky The story is developing so quickly that we did not manage to grasp the scale of the changes experienced by us. This was the case in 1991, when the Soviet Union disintegrated...
Western Leaders Are Unable to Get Their Priorities Straight
Damned if they do and damned if they do not - according to European media, this is how Western leaders imagine the situation in the aftermath of the recent NATO summit in Wales in which Western leaders were able to play a round of golf (due to all of the lawns being occupied by security vehicles.) "For the West," reports the newspaper Daily Telegraph, "this is the most difficult period since...