Kashmir in geopolitical context
The decision of the Indian authorities to abolish the special status of
Jammu and Kashmir has caused a predictably angry reaction from Pakistan.
Pakistani Prime Minister...
Stagnation or recession: What threatens the banking system of Germany and the eurozone in 2020
"One of Germany’s most acclaimed experts" in
economic risk analysis, Marcus Krall, "predicts the collapse of the German
banking system and the eurozone by the end...
President Macron’s plans and ambitions: Realism or rhetoric?
In the run-up to the G7 Summit in Biarritz,
French media reports focused on the global political and diplomatic plans of
President Emmanuel Macron. Journalists say...
Geopolitical role of India: Problems of multi-vector policy
In the wake of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s
landslide victory in the recent parliamentary elections, observers are now
discussing the prospects of a new phase...
Presidential elections – 2020, or does Trump have “federal reserve”?
On July 31, the US Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee cut interest
rates – the first such move in 11 years. During the past 18...
Battle for the Arctic: Friends and foes
According to Western media, the "struggle for the Arctic" is
becoming ever more fierce. Moreover, this confrontation is unfolding much
faster than expected.
In its recent publication...
NATO’s “space strategy”: What is it all about?
In a Twitter post released in June 2019, NATO Secretary General Jens
Stoltenberg said that the North Atlantic Alliance planned to develop its own
“space strategy.”...
Pentagon plan and dream to maintain supremacy in Indo-Pacific
On June 1, the US Defense Department published a
report
on military objectives in the Indo-Pacific Region (IPR). The report, delivered
by acting Secretary of Defense Patrick...
A new world without “old” rules?
On May 30, President Vladimir Putin submitted to parliament a bill on
suspending the Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate and Shorter-Range
Missiles (INF). With Washington...
Will the Schengen zone survive?
The problem of migration poses one of the major challenges to the future of
the European Union. Residents in more than half of EU countries...