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The Struggle of ‘Second’ and ‘Third’ Rome: Is There an Option, Except for a Schism?
Over the past few weeks, the degree of tension between Constantinople and the Moscow Patriarchate has significantly grown. The meeting of the two patriarchs,...
Fragility of Middle East alliances becomes ever more apparent
Three recent developments lay bare the fragility of Middle Eastern alliances and a rebalancing of their priorities: the Russian-Turkish compromise on an assault on...
Economic and investment potential of Mauritius
On September 19, the Russian Сhamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) hosted a presentation of economic and investment potential of the Republic of Mauritius,...
Cyprus and Turkey: East Med Gas Aspirations
The discovery of the Egyptian Zohr giant gas field accelerated Cyprus’ declaration of the 3rd International Licensing Round. The geological structures of the Zohr...
Will Iran be able to counteract US sanctions?
American sanctions and how to confront them
The Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) today, as in the past 40 years of its existence, is in...
Erdogan, Andrew Brunson and Ukrainian Church autocephaly
On Monday, a Turkish news website Dik Gazete published an article Erdogan's Washington – Brunson – Ukraine game written by Adnan Cavusoglu. According to...
What will happen to the Central Asian jihadists in Idlib after the Sochi Memorandum?
It became obvious that, the persistent calls and strict warnings from the UN, the United States, the EU and Turkey about the inevitability of...
A de facto alliance exists between China and Russia
From mid-August to September 15, 2018, Chinese troops went to Russia to participate in the "Vostok-2018" strategic military exercise, which was the largest strategic...
Washington’s Energy Conundrum in Syria
Geopolitics of energy dominates the crisis in Syria. Foreign powers continue to battle for control of natural gas resources and the trade routes that...
The meeting between Putin, Erdogan and Rouhani in Tehran
After the meeting of last April, Iranian President Rouhani, Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin met again in Teheran (and in...