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Regarding the Russian Foreign Minister’s visit to the DPRK

On October 18–19, 2023, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov paid a ceremonial visit to Pyongyang to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Russia and the DPRK. Following a summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on September 13, the visit was officially announced to the Russian Foreign Minister on October 16, who accepted the invitation to visit the country…

Konstantin Asmolov

Iran-USA: two visions of the same policy

Iran has suspended a number of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors assigned to it last month for their “hostile political behaviors,” said Mohammad Eslami, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI). In clarifying this point, to exclude any other interpretation of this step on the part of the Iranian authorities, Mohammed Eslami detailed: “The expelled inspectors were from the three European countries that have often displayed hostile political behaviors and therefore, we removed the inspectors from those countries”. No sooner had the Iranian government made such a decision, as immediately, as if by magic…

Viktor Mikhin

On the 50th Anniversary of Japan-ASEAN ties

This December will commemorate exactly half a century since Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which comprises ten nations now, nearly every nation in the subregion (with the exception of Papua New Guinea and East Timor), established formal diplomatic ties. Observe that the “issue price” of control is steadily rising at this point in the Big World Game. The subregion is also becoming more significant in Japan’s foreign policy, which is returning to the game as a major player following its defeat in World War II. But let us not forget that the same strategic drive of Imperial Japan to the southwest was the primary cause…

Vladimir Terehov

Some Insights into the Orban-Putin Meetup in China

Phil Butler

Coup Plots and Pending Presidential Impeachment: USAID* Makes the Quiet American in Georgia Nosy and Paranoid!

Henry Kamens

The US Afghan Adjustment Act is still stuck in the pipeline. Or - the White House’s policy of double standards

Alexandr Svaranc

Transport in Mongolia: Mongolian Road Transport Revolution?

Boris Kushhov

Middle East: Russia Calls For A Diplomatic Solution, While The United States Calls For A Military One

Vladimir Mashin

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