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09.08.2013
On prospects for establishing a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the Middle East
This year marked the 45th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), which consolidated the nuclear power status for five states (Great Britain, the USA, China, the USSR and France) and was designed to…
08.08.2013
South Ossetia and Georgia: The Five Year Mark
South Ossetia celebrates the fifth anniversary of the military conflict with Georgia as a partially recognized state.The states that drowns in miles and miles of barbed wire, presented with a handful of economic challenges that, it seems at times, cannot…
07.08.2013
The anniversary of the South Ossetia conflict
Five long years have passed since the sorrowful day of the Georgian military aggression against South Ossetia that resulted in the so-called Five-Day war between Russia and Georgia. The Russian Federation had to take military actions against Georgia to enforce peace in…
06.08.2013
Japan and the lessons of war
These days mark the tragic anniversary of the atomic bombing of the two Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the U.S. armed forces, which was carried out at the final stage of World War II. The consequence of this…
06.08.2013
Is the Middle East the cradle of a new Arab caliphate?
The third wave of the Egyptian revolution has shown that the Middle East is experiencing an increase in socio-political chaos that threatens to transform the country, as well as the whole region, into a zone of instability. As expected, the…
05.08.2013
The Greater Middle East: from nationalism to "Somalisation"
The events of the so-called Arab Spring have demonstrated that the Middle Eastern nation-states, as is the case with European states, are experiencing the sunset of their existence. However, compared to their European "big brothers," this process is much more…
02.08.2013
The United States and the Syrian Tragedy
The global community is again displaying its inability to put a stop to a bloody war, this time in Syria, where a three-year-old civil war with large-scale foreign interference has yet to abate. According to very inexact data, around 90…
01.08.2013
South Ossetia: Could Refugees Return Already?
In his recent interview to the “Ajaria” channel B.Ivanishvili have noted the recent improvements in the trade and economic cooperation between Russia and Georgia, but at the same time he commented the territorial integrity of Georgia – the main source of…
31.07.2013
The USA – Iran: whether it is possible to shift from the policy of threats and sanctions
On 4 August, the inauguration of the newly elected president of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hassan Rouhani will be held in Tehran. According to the statement by representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran Abbas Araghchi, for…
31.07.2013
On the situation in Sinai
With the sharp deterioration of the situation in Sinai (especially in its northern part), which occurred in Egypt after the overthrow of the regime of the "Muslim Brotherhood", the issue of control (or rather, the lack of control) in the…
30.07.2013
Afghanistan Natural Resources Secure Its Developments
Since the dawn of time Afganistan has been considered one of the poorest countries. Perhaps opium poppy and cannabis are the only plants that may be cultivated on its barren lands. Large stocks of its natural resources were kept secret by western monopolies, and the partucular interest of the...
29.07.2013
On the Political Situation in Libya
The first anniversary of the election of the National Congress (interim Parliament) in Libya on July, 7 has once again highlighted the crisis situation of the troubled political landscape in this country. A year ago, just after the election this…