One of the main geopolitical tendencies of the 2011-2012 turn of the year is the growth of tensions in the Middle East region. Central to this process is, for obvious reasons, Iranian ...

It was announced to the world that the introduction of an embargo on the import of Iranian oil is a question that has been resolved and is practically not subject to discussion. It remains to wait for 30 in January, when a meeting of ministers will take place in Brussels ...

The African-Arab Spring, which continued throughout the past year, is beginning to develop into its new phase, which in ordinary language is called the classic civil war. Just such ...

The “reset” policy, initiated by the US government at the beginning of 2009, began to falter as early as 2011. For the period of cooperation between the two states were scheduled ...

Shortly before the onset of 2012, Russia again faced what is called "The East is a delicate matter!" It would seem that after a loyal one was established in the presidential chair of Kyrgyzstan, ...

On January 3, the Hungarian newspaper Nepszabadsag published information that it received from its online journalists, from a completely reliable source - the former ambassador of the United States in Hungary ...

The United States and the West as a whole continue to vigorously arm the Arab monarchies. We see two events of global significance taking place before our very eyes. First, the Arab Cooperation Council ...

Around the Strait of Hormuz more and more political passions flare up. The American government, hiding behind the idea of ​​fighting nuclear weapons, continues its attack on Asian countries. On...

It can be quite dangerous to build on the experience of one conflict and extrapolate it into "universal truths." Earlier this year, Britain's Strategic Defense and Security Review adopted ...

2011 was a year rich in resonance in Central Asia. The events in Kazakhstan, the escalation of the Caspian issue, the election of a new president in Kyrgyzstan, the story of the sentenced Tajik court ...

More than 162, thousands of Iraqi civilians died during the hostilities involving NATO and the United States, according to the Iraq Body Count website, which systematically kills the number of people killed in Iraq. During only one ...

After testing Iranian missiles, according to some reports that could hit the territory of Israel and the closest NATO bases, the Russian military department made a statement about the unreliability of these ...

Quite a lot of controversy raises the question of migrants. Are they a big problem for Russia or a severe need? So, in November, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed a decree that ...

1 January 2012 of the Year Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan acted as members of yet another integration association - the Eurasian Economic Area (CES), designed to become the main foundation ...

A year ago, the Indian military announced that they would apply for the development of a new assault rifle, buy 44 000 of them and then produce them under license in India. However, the process ...

Turkey had to withdraw its diplomatic representative from France after the lower house last adopted a bill criminalizing the denial of the Armenian Genocide. This bill ...

December 28 on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation published a report on the violation of human rights in some countries of the world. The document criticizes the policy of the United States, the European Union, Canada and several other countries in the field of ...

In the past decade, there have been several attempts in the United States to replace the 5,56mm rifle cartridge with something more powerful. The 6.8mm cartridge was popular for a while, but it ...

Admittedly, respected political analysts and ordinary citizens, even if they are interested in politics, 2011 year turned out to be extremely rich in bright foreign policy events. Recall the most ...

2011 year was generous to a variety of events from natural and man-made disasters to significant socio-political, military processes. The year was tough, although the world community has not yet reached ...

The current 2011 year, marked by the collapse of a number of dictatorships, and perhaps the most striking example here is the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi. No doubt this revolutionary series could ...

A second round of presidential elections was held in Transnistria. Yevgeny Shevchuk, the leader of the opposition Renaissance party and the chairman of the Supreme Soviet, was elected the new head of the unrecognized republic. By...

So far, more than 9000 American tanks M-1 Abrams have been produced, and most of them have been upgraded at least once. However, the army, trying to save a billion dollars, ...

The US Navy has signed a $ 87 millionth contract with General Dynamics Advanced Informational Systems (GD-AIS) for the development of anti-mine unmanned underwater vehicles. Mine unmanned underwater ...