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The two turbans – what to expect from hard power in Iran

The Islamic Republic of Iran has, undoubtedly, faced hard times and what came lately is no exception to that. The country, governed by Ayatollah...

Iran`s soft solutions for hard realities

Even before soft power was officially introduced into the vocabulary of international relations, its core principles were nevertheless exercised by state entities all over...

New Perspectives for Russia- Nigerian Relations

Nigerian diplomatic representatives, African researchers, non-governmental organizations, business people from Russia and Nigerian diaspora, local and foreign media representatives participated a one-day round-table discussions...

Azerbaijan: What awaits beyond sticks and carrots

The country`s power in international relations rests upon various things and the principal distinction into hard and soft power displays particular means to influence...

US-Russia Redux: The Problem with Intellectual Insincerity

There are numerous intellectual sources, from think tanks to governmental agencies, both in the United States and Russia, which are deeply concerned about the...

What does it mean to be an emerging power?

This might be a tricky question to ask nowadays, but there are theories that help us understand better the role of emerging powers in...

America’s Lost Generation: Russian ‘Expertise’ within Generation X

2015 is starting to look and sound and feel an awful lot like 1965. If you find yourself sitting at home wondering how 50...

The BRICS and the Future of Global Order

Stuenkel, Oliver.The BRICS and the Future of Global Order. 1st ed. Lexington Books, 2015. 213pp. In a world in which there is an ever-growing...

NATO and the Russians: Can NATO be Diplomatically Relevant?

One of the biggest obstacles in understanding Russian foreign policy of late for NATO is that it still seems a bit too tied to...

Kazakhstan between stability and reforms

Announced in March, the early presidential election in Kazakhstan has become a debate about the results reached during the past years, the actual problems...

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