The purpose of the Arab distemper - the fragmentation of large Islamic states
The US secretary of state urged Syria to withdraw troops back from the border with Turkey. According to the United States, the actions of the Syrian army exacerbate the situation of refugees and may provoke a conflict with Turkey. Situation...
The realities of NATO: beautiful words and dangerous things
Russia and the West may be on the threshold of a new cold war. Speaking in May 2011 at the University of Chicago with a speech entitled "NATO and Russia: Why cooperation matters" ...
The situation in the South China Sea is heating up
In the South China Sea, tensions are growing - the Paracel Islands and the Spratly archipelago are again causing discord between several states. Vietnam protests over ...
Standoff missile defense
According to the results of the G8 summit in Deauville, Switzerland, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told reporters: “I don’t have any secrets from you, especially on such a simple and open topic as ...
In the post-Soviet space, they rewrite the history of the Great Patriotic War
Only a couple of decades have passed since the collapse of the USSR, and the history of the Great Patriotic War is being rewritten not only in the USA and Western Europe, but also in the former republics of the Soviet Union. For the sake of ...
Caucasian problem on the background of the murder in North Ossetia
On May 26, in the Republic of North Ossetia, near Vladikavkaz, the decapitated body of an 71-year-old public and cultural activist Shamil Dzhigkayev was discovered. He was known as a poet, dean ...
The loss of Russia because of the revolution in Libya
In March, many witnessed a verbal altercation about the situation in Libya between Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Pretty sarcastic comments ...
What is behind the peacekeeping steps of China in Libya
On Wednesday 22 June, Mahmoud Jibril, one of the leaders of the Libyan rebel forces, visited the capital of China with a two-day visit to Beijing. The Chinese side organized a high-level meeting of the guest, with him ...
Will the USA go from Afghanistan to Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan?
US President Barack Obama said that NATO has achieved its goals in Afghanistan, therefore, by the end of 2011, 10 thousand contingents will be withdrawn from the country, and in 2012 their number will increase to 33 thousand. According to ...
Slow to Europe
The arrest of Ratko Mladic will significantly help Serbia, but its consequences in some places in the Balkans may be less ambitious than many hope. After the arrest, some time passed, and the echo of the voices ...
Arab revolutions as a harbinger of the birth of a "new world"
It is quite possible that at present we are witnessing the process of the “Great Arab Revolution”, which will lead to the birth of a new Middle East. Painfully amazing news comes from the South. So,...
"Democracy 25 percent" - a chance for the Islamic world?
The current turbulent Arab Spring, which came as a surprise to most of the world's politicians and analysts, posed many more questions than it answered, although it roughly outlined them ...
Ankara v. Damascus: what will the creation of a buffer “security zone” lead to?
There have already been news that Ankara is dissatisfied with the internal policy of Damascus. The Turkish government is unhappy with the flow of refugees and the intensification of the "Kurdish issue" in Syria. Therefore, the plan was announced ...
Central Asian states are facing conflicts over water and land
The countries of Central Asia are reaping the fruits of the collapse of the Soviet Union, which has become the largest geopolitical catastrophe for the peoples of the Red Empire. Among them are interethnic conflicts and wars of different ...
Will the SCO become a Eurasian analogue of NATO and the EU?
The anniversary summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) was held in Astana. Experts and analysts have been waiting for several “breakthroughs” from him: in matters of adopting a mechanism for joining the Shanghai ...
Libya: What Will the Western Coalition's Large-Scale Ground Operation Lead to?
The war in Libya is becoming increasingly fierce, the Western coalition is trying to complete the campaign, because the ground has already been prepared for a strike on Syria. And Gaddafi is still holding on, tearing ...
Information attack on Syria continues
The information war against Syria entered the next phase. Through the efforts of the Western media, and part of the Russian, President Bashar Assad, who was considered one of the most liberal Arab rulers, ...
The United States continues to enclose Russia from all sides: Poland, the Black Sea, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan
Washington continues the war against Russia, while only information, but this is still a preparatory period. So, June 13 at the briefing by the US Department of State deputy official representative ...
The split between Pakistan and the United States brings Islamabad closer to China
After the elimination of Usama bin Laden’s US terrorist commando number 1 in Pakistan, relations between the two countries deteriorated in such a way that they reached the least positive mark for everything ...
Russia should not play up to the West regarding Iran
Russia is increasingly leaning towards the Western world in its policy towards Iran. But is this true? What is the real threat of Iran to the Western world or Russia? How dangerous is its nuclear program? AT...
China and the United States: the battle for the Black Continent
During the Cold War, the Black Continent was a “battlefield” between the USSR and the USA. As a result, with the support of Cuba and the GDR, the Red Empire began to dominate in Africa. After the death of the USSR and ...
Preparations for the opening of the Syrian front in full swing
It seems that Moscow will give way and in the event of the beginning of the intensification of the conflict in Syria. So, the special representative of the president of the Russian Federation on Africa Mikhail Margelov should meet with representatives of the Syrian opposition, which ...
The Russian army continues to be "churched". Do armies need military chaplains (poll)?
Patriarch Kirill called deviation from military duties a deadly sin. This was said on May 31 at a meeting with students of the military academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian ...
Kiev begins a new "war" with Russia
Kiev is again trying to solve its problems at the expense of Russia, moreover, it launched a real offensive on all fronts - so, in fact, a new round of “gas war” begins, the authorities of Sevastopol demand ...