A tale wrapped between love and hate: Development of Russian-Israeli relations

Authors: Punsara Amarasinghe and Anastasia Glazova* The recent statement of Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Israel describing it as a Russian speaking country has gained an enormous attention...

Eurasia’s Great Game: India, Japan and Europe play to Putin’s needs

Eurasia’s Great Game is anything but simple and straightforward. A burgeoning alliance between China and Russia that at least for now is relegating potential differences between...

Troubled Partners: What Russia and Turkey are Dividing Up in Syria

“Turkey is our close partner, our ally,” said Presidential Spokesperson and Turkologist Dmitry Peskov on the eve of the meeting in the town of Zhukovsky near...

Unjustified Hope of Iran’s Central Asia Policy

The Washington factor has been and remains, if not the main obstacle, then at least a deterrent to Iran’s strengthening in Central Asia over the past...

Russia Accelerates Construction of a New Black Sea Port

Economic and technological competition between China and the US has become an obvious fact for world politicians as well as analysts. However, as everyone pays attention...

G7: Feeling lonely without Russia?

A discussion of Russia’s return to the G8, initiated by the French President Emmanuel Macron and quickly supported by his US counterpart Donald Trump, has intensified...

Russia Readies to Boost Cooperation with Mozambique

President Vladimir Putin has held an extended meeting with the visiting Mozambican leader Filipe Nyusi in the Kremlin where both discussed bilateral cooperation between the two...

Short Letter vs. Long Telegram: US Ambassador Huntsman Departs Moscow

The resignation of US ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman is a good occasion to take stock of one of the most difficult periods of Russia-US relations....

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...

Towards the First All-African Conference in Sochi

As Russia prepares to strengthen its overall corporate economic profile during the African leaders' summit, policy experts are questioning bilateral agreements that were signed, many of...

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