Asia

In the second half of 2023, Rosatom’s activities to promote and implement new NPP projects in the Central Asian republics entered an unprecedentedly active phase. At present, such initiatives, which are at different stages of discussion and implementation, are proposed to three of the five countries of the region – Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. But by far the largest of the promising projects in the region is the concept of creating the first nuclear power plant in the leading country in Central Asia in terms of electricity consumption, namely Kazakhstan. This particular project…

The US administration’s de facto backing of Israel’s barbaric bombing of the Gaza Strip is causing international outcry. Notably, some Arab newspapers recently cited a famous quote from former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill: “You can always count on the Americans to do the right thing, after they have exhausted all the other possibilities.” “The US administration has chosen to provide biased and unlimited support to Israel…

The January 4 attack in Iran on the 4^th anniversary of Qasim Sulemani’s death is one of the latest in a series of events unfolding in the Middle East and predicting a heightened possibility of a wider war. Following the start of the Israel-Palestine war on October 7, the Middle East has begun to change in ways that may have profound consequences not only for the region, but also for the rest of the world as we know it. Israel is already executing a ‘One State’ solution with the US help. More recently, Israeli strikes in Lebanon are a calculated move to entice Hezbollah…