The process of contact establishment between the leaders of the two countries significantly impacts on the development of the Russian-Iranian relations. In this regard it is worth mentioning that the first meeting of Hassan Rouhani and Vladimir Putin took place in...

It is quite obvious that Russia cannot substitute the West and in particular European countries with someone else. It is impossible for historical and cultural reasons, the abundance of...

In recent years, a Greater (widened Middle East, which additionally includes Central Asia and the Caucasus, is gaining the attention of the international community more and more. In the past such attention has been connected with...

The international community is entering a period of global instability. The unipolar world that emerged after the collapse of the Soviet Union has receded into the past. Obviously, this would have happened a little later, but the U.S. has significantly...

The tragedy of September 11, 2001 shocked the whole world with its senseless brutality. These attacks resulted in the former U.S. President George W. Bush declaring  war on international terrorism. Washington said that the enemy was “Al – Qaeda”, which found a safe haven...

On September 10, 2013, in New York, the independent organization Human Rights Watch published an article titled “Attacks on Ghouta: Analysis of Alleged Use of Chemical Weapons in Syria”. Certainly, it appeared, the writers of the report would examine the consequences of this tragedy and would...

Early in the morning of August 21 in the Guta area, near Damascus, a chemical weapons attack with sarin nerve gas occurred, killing between 300 and 1.600 people. This attack was the largest-scale use of chemical weapons seen thus far in the armed conflict in Syria, so it could lead to...

The situation in Syria remains rather tense. The rebel groups are still holding the area that amounts for 30% of this country's territory. The rest 70% are controlled by the troops loyal to the President Assad, who has managed to score a number of impressive victories on the battlefield against...

Something momentous happened with North Korea’s space program on December 12, 2012: An Unha-3 (“Milky Way-3”) rocket successfully launched a Kwanmenson-3 (“Bright Star-3”) artificial earth satellite into orbit using a…

There is no doubt that 2012 was a difficult year for Russian-Azerbaijani relations, particularly when it came to security. For example, the $1.6 billion contract for Israeli arms sales to…

Barack Obama was elected to a second term as president of the United States in early November. He is currently choosing the key figures of his new administration. The nomination…

An event important to a solution of the Syrian problem was held in Tehran on November 18 and 19: About 200 representatives of the Syrian government led by National Reconciliation…