Libya. The abyss of powerlessness and the "saving" mission of the invaders
The question: “What is better: the most cruel dictatorship or the chaos of anarchy?” - today still continues to generate heated debates among philosophers, political scientists, sociologists, and just thinking people. On this ...
Will the problem of the Armenian Genocide of the 20 century split NATO in the 21 century?
The beginning of this week was marked not only by a new spiral of tension around the situation with the Iranian nuclear program, but also by the fact that the Upper Chamber of the French Parliament adopted a majority vote ...
Costly mistake McFaul ("The National Interest", USA)
Russian and American political circles are talking about the harsh comments of Mikhail Leontyev on Channel One of Russian television, control over which belongs to the state. Is he...
Signs of war. The current military-political situation in the Middle East and North Africa
The information space is replete with signals indicating the proximity of the beginning of a major regional war. The situation in Nigeria, Somalia, South and North Sudan, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Iraq, Syria, ...
The reverse side of the sanctions against Iran
23 January 2012 The European Union is ready to approve the imposition of sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran. At the same time, a compromise for the West was allegedly found, when pressure on Tehran would be ...
Main North European provocateur
Sweden. What associations do Russian citizens have with this word? As they say, offhand, we can recall the Northern War with the Battle of Poltava, the Swedish hockey team, Carlson, Volvo, yes ...
New land redistribution in Africa: what to expect?
Even 150 years ago, the great American writer Mark Twain said that land is the only commodity that is no longer produced, respectively, and it is valued much more than ...
MiG-31BM
Work is currently underway in Russia on the 60 MiG-31 interceptors - they are being upgraded to the MiG-31BM standard. The whole process should take about eight years. Modernization includes a new ...
New trends in Russian foreign policy
Recently, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry held a two-hour press conference on the results of the past year. But journalists, and, by the way, they are at the press conference of Sergey Lavrov ...
China goes to the North
Issues related to the Arctic in recent years are of particular relevance. In connection with the emerging global warming, this region is increasingly being viewed as a world treasure trove of useful ...
Will Syria benefit from the experience of Algeria?
Last February, systematic attempts began to weaken and overthrow the regime of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad. But to argue that they all failed, it is impossible, because part of the big cities ...
Will Nigeria repeat the fate of Sudan?
Nigeria may well follow the fate of Sudan. The scenario that is being practiced in this African country is pretty typical. Firstly, there is a country rich in hydrocarbons - the oil sector gives up to 95 ...
Silent Aviation Revolution
One hundred years after the first revolution in aerial reconnaissance, radically new technologies of aerial reconnaissance take it to another level. And this level is only a few hundred meters from ...
Is it worth preparing for a big arctic war
Stories of spy scandals that mention Russia began to surface more and more often. The general public did not have time to make sure that the "British stone" is in fact ...
Chinese response to American plans
At the beginning of 2012, the world learned that the American authorities decided to change their defensive priorities, and, confirming their intentions, they released an entertaining publication telling that ...
Kuriles: Japanese hopes are empty
14 January 2012, the story of the Japanese claims to the Kuril Islands was complemented by another incident. On board the Japan Coast Guard patrol ship, the new foreign minister ...
The reasons for US hysteria over Ahmadinejad’s visit to the ALBA countries
A week-long tour of Latin American countries, which was carried out by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has caused an unprecedented surge of hatred in the American media bordering on hysteria. Naturally, in ...
Israeli training aircraft: The end of the era of Skyhawk
The scandal around the maintenance of the aircraft led Israel to the conclusion that Skyhawk, having served for more than 40 years and used as training aircraft lately, ...
"Flutist" collected "rats" for instruction
Some facts are simply amazing, surprising the impudence and impunity of the Russian "opposition" (the fifth column). On January 17, a group of opposition Russian politicians met with the new US ambassador to ...
Russia and China are defenders of Syria against foreign intervention
With each passing day, the threat of foreign intervention is looming over Syria. Western statements about the need to protect the opposition from the dictatorial regime of Bashar are becoming more categorical ...
Russia is against the use of force to resolve the conflict in the Strait of Hormuz
The Russian government has expressed its position in connection with the deterioration of relations in the Omurz Strait. The decision to bomb Iran’s territory lobbied by the US and pro-American states ...
Urgently needed shock drones MQ-47B
According to the leadership of the US Navy, they urgently need unmanned combat air systems (Unmanned Combat Air System, UCAS) for deployment on their aircraft carriers. The current plan implies ...
Turks challenged Syria, Iran and Russia
At the beginning of 2012, a radar station for early warning of a missile attack was commissioned in Turkey. Radar is part of the missile defense system (PRO) ...
Falkland / Malvinas Islands. In anticipation of a new conflict
This year marks the thirtieth anniversary of the Falkland armed conflict, which was, in fact, the last adventure of the Argentine dictator Leopoldo Galtieri, a desperate attempt to retain power ...