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Famine in North Korea: Causes and Myths. Part 2

The third reason for the North Korean famine is the natural disasters in 1995-1997 when the economy began to deteriorate dramatically faster due to natural disasters. Nature dealt North Korea a very serious and complex blow. First, agriculture...

Konstantin Asmolov

Famine in North Korea: Causes and Myths. Part 1

"Slon" internet magazine published an article by A. Lankov titled "How many people actually died of starvation in North Korea" that caused quite a stir in some circles. The scientist, who is hardly a proponent of Pyongyang, dared to challenge the commonly-held view that three million people...

Konstantin Asmolov

United States and Afghanistan: The drug problem

The withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan is gaining speed. Just recently, the Pentagon began the relocation of its forces from the Manas transit centre in Kyrgyzstan, which will be transferred to local authorities by July 2014. By that time most of the International Security Assistance...

Nikolai Bobkin

America's National Debt: Whose Day of Reckoning Has Come?

Ekaterina Ryzhkova

The statistics of life in Syria

Alexander Filonik

The Syrian frontier cuts too close to home

Alexander Filonik

Government shutdown and Chinese gold

Jim Dean

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Russia – Turkey: outstanding problems. Part 2

Eldar Kasayev

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