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Asia and the Middle East lead rising trend in arms imports, US exports grow significantly
Continuing the upward trend that began in the early 2000s, the volume of international transfers of major weapons in 2013-17 was 10 per cent higher than...
Ordinary Fascism with Azerbaijani Variations
In the midst of the Cold War, in the most dramatic moments of mid-60s, thinking society of USSR was not only deeply touched, but...
Understanding Hezbollah’s “military engagement” in Syria: Achieving political goal or a religious drift?
Since the early 1980s, Hezbollah has been an “aggressive” politico-military actor “influencing” regional politics in the Middle East, particularly Lebanon. Its membership phenomenally grew...
Korea after the Olympics: Temporary Truce or Permanent Peace?
Thanks to the “New Year’s” initiatives of Kim Jong-un – to which South Korean Moon Jae-in responded for his own reasons – significant progress...
A Great Turnaround on the Korean Peninsula
Authors: Wang Li & Petro Shevchenko*
On March 8, the whole world was stunned by a breaking news that “Kim Jung-un invites Trump to meet”,...
Pakistan’s Tight Rope Walk between Iran and Saudi Arabia
Pakistan’s recent decision of sending a contingent of slightly above 1000 troops to Saudi Arabia apparently in violation of its own parliamentary resolution of...
Russia Is Offering an Olive Branch, Not Flaunting Nuclear Weapons
President Vladimir Putin’s recent address to the Federal Assembly made quite a splash in the international community. Unsurprisingly, particular attention was paid to the...
Would the Taiwan Travel Bill Be A Challenge to One-China Policy?
China perceives Taiwan its a wayward province out of Civil War 1949. Since then, Taiwan is being perceived as its integral part and hence...
EU too subservient to US to challenge Washington
Prof. Nader Entessar is of the opinion that the newly revealed documents of the US State Department indicate the Trump administration has had some...
Turkey Drifts Away from the West
Turkey has lost its soft power attractiveness due to its leadership’s increasing absolutism and failed foreign policy priorities. The “zero problems with neighbors” concept...