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Fact Check: Updating Cold War Myths About Thailand

Many honest, busy analysts outside established media circles in the United States and Europe are plagued by mythologies stemming from once pseudo-truths they simply lack the time or energy to dig into and finally correct. Among...

Joseph Thomas | Politics

Will an Independent Kurdistan be Created?

Despite the fact that the United Nations, LAS, the United States of America, Russia and the countries sharing borders with Turkey — Syria and Iran, as well as all the Arab States, not to mention the central government of Baghdad, have protested in advance, the parliament...

Petr Lvov | Politics

Even After Sanctions, North Korea has a Lot to Cheer About

Politics of sanctions is not known to have been an effective source of bringing about political change. This is particularly evident from the way Iran has thwarted the US and EU sanctions in the last decade or so, and this is even...

Salman Rafi Sheikh | Economy
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