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Russia-Indonesia: 70 years of friendship
“Jauh di mata, dekat di hati .” This is how Lyudmila
Georgievna Vorobieva, Russian ambassador to Indonesia, characterized the
relationship between the two countries.
In fact, in the...
Impeachment & Intervention: Where American Foreign Policy Goes Wrong
To any
ordinary American citizen, it’s well known that government spending is
spiraling out of control. The U.S. budget deficit now exceeds $23 trillion — with...
President Zelensky at the MSC 2020: An Epistemological Shift toward Reconciliation
On Saturday February 15, Ukrainian President
Zelensky reiterated his pledge to end the conflict in the Donbas during his
tenure, in a speech that contrasts with...
Russia’s Changing Economic Attitude towards Abkhazia & Tskhinvali Regions
Looking at the arc of separatist states on
the Russian borders, there have recently been interesting developments which
might signal a new approach in Moscow’s policies.
Ukraine's...
Gazprom and Europe
Football in the 21st Century is
not only a sport but a global brand in itself. Football allows others to feed
and profit off of it...
Sixty Years and Still Growing Stronger As UN University
Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, one of Russia's
largest internationally oriented, educational and research
institutions, has marked 60th year of its establishment with series
of activities including an evening...
Erdogan battles on multiple fronts in risky regional power bid
The optics seem evident: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is at
odds with just about everybody.
Mr. Erdogan is on opposite sides of Russia in Syria,...
Turkey’s new Mediterranean and Maghreb policy
Strategy and geopolitics are like
Aristotelian physics: there is no vacuum.
In
fact, just as Italy is leaving the fundamental Libyan area to its destiny and
hence...
How Turk Stream is forcing Europe on its heels
Russia laid down two gas pipelines from its
territory, one from the topmost northern hemisphere, famously named as “Nord
Stream” and the most advanced, latest with...
International Security Implications of the US-Russia Contention Over the Nord Stream 2
The Nord
Stream 2 gas pipeline has been a
subject of heated debates all along the construction cycle. The pros and cons
are abundantly exposed in the...