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Preparing for the Russia- Africa Summit
On March
19, under the Chairmanship of Yury Ushakov, an Aide to the Russian President
Vladimir Putin, the Organizing Committee on Russia-Africa held its first
meeting in...
Factory Automation Witnesses Steady Growth
Today, it is hard to imagine industrial
production processes being implemented without automation systems. Industrial
or factory automation is a vast field that involves simultaneous working...
Does rente hinder democracy in Algeria
A rapid
look around the world demonstrates that few rentier countries can be classified
as democratic states, especially those in the MENA region; therefore, scholars
have suggested...
Global energy demand rose by 2.3% in 2018, its fastest pace in the last decade
Energy demand worldwide grew by 2.3% last year, its fastest pace this
decade, an exceptional performance driven by a robust global economy and
stronger heating and...
Connectivity Italian Style
Xi Jinping’s historic visit to
Italy on March 21–23, 2019 was marked by the signing of a memorandum on Italy’s
joining the Chinese Belt and Road...
The Sino-US Trade War: Why China can’t win it
Does our
history only appear overheated, but is essentially calmly predetermined? Is it
directional or conceivable, dialectic and eclectic or cyclical, and therefore
cynical? Surely, our history...
Davos: The Other Side of the Mirror
It has been a couple of months since I was
hanging out in Davos learning about this year’s World Economic Forum. Perhaps I have a...
“Gas wars” in Europe
Russia is ramping up natural gas exports to
Europe. In 2018, Gazprom delivered a record 201.8 billion cubic meters of
gas - 3.8 percent, or 7.4 billion...
China’s great geostrategy for trade and defense
The primary
policy line of the People's Republic of China, above all at sea level, is to
defend its strategic and military interests, but anyway without...
A peek into India’s 2019 elections: Past trends and portents
A bird’s-eye view
Some 814 million voters speaking 1,652
languages will vote in 900,000 voting centers across the country over 35 days
in 2019. India’s imminent (April...