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A Wreck of a Week for Pro-US Allies, A Hell of a Week for Iran

Surprisingly enough, last week introduced drastic changes in the balance of powers existing across the Middle East. There has been a whole series of both unexpected and predicted events, which have left many analysts utterly puzzled. You can judge for yourself, as we mention seemingly unconnected...

Pogos Anastasov | Politics

Anne Applebaum’s — and the Pentagon’s Take on Europe

I remember during how during World War II Americans anxiously tuned in to their radios to hear the news from the US’s two fronts: invariably, there were figures on how many miles our troops had advanced in the latest battles. Journalists, which later came to be referred to as ‘embedded’ with...

Deena Stryker | Politics

Scared of the Chaos? Don’t Blame Russia, Blame Hillary Instead

Reading about former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in every digital morning newspaper each day, I cannot help but wonder. Has the world lost the capability to classify war criminals? Why is has this wretch not been dragged screaming and kicking in front a jury of peers...

Phil Butler | Politics
Spotlight: BRICS

St Petersburg Cultural Forum and the development of international humanitarian relations

On September 11-14 the 10th St Petersburg International Cultural Forum took place at the same time Russia is chairing CIS and BRICS. This year the theme of the forum was ‘Culture in the XXI century: sovereignty or globalism?’. The programme…
Ksenia Muratshina | Society

Meeting with BRICS high-ranking officials responsible for security matters: a serious effort in the fight against global threats

Vladimir Putin met with BRICS high-ranking officials responsible for security matters at the Konstantinovsky Palace in St Petersburg. This is the 14th such forum held within the framework of BRICS. The meeting in St Petersburg and the growing role of…
Alexandr Svaranc | Security

Turkey's BRICS Membership Bid

Abbas Hashemite | Politics