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...
Neo-Kennan Paranoia and the Hope for Russia’s Downfall
For more than two decades I have written about missed
opportunities and egregious missteps on the part of America (sometimes
accidental, sometimes seemingly deliberate) when it...
Russian Revisionism or Restoring Justice?
U.S. politicians have criticized the Russian application FaceApp, which
reads biometric data from user-uploaded photos and generates altered images:
those of the user in the future,...
Russia and Africa at the Crossroad
A decade
and half ago, precisely in May 2004, this opinion article has since remained
unpublished by the local Russian and foreign media. But, this time...
Russians Thinking About Constitutional Changes?
Hints in
the Russian media over the past several weeks suggest that there might be some
important constitutional changes ahead. In the long run, that could...
Shifting Sands: Chinese encroachment in Central Asia and challenges to US supremacy in the Gulf
China and Russia are as much allies as they are rivals.
A joint Tajik-Chinese
military exercise in
a Tajik region bordering on China’s troubled
north-western region of Xinjiang...