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The New Arctic Governance
Despite many predictions to the contrary, the Arctic has emerged today as a zone of cooperation. At the core of regional stability and security...
Putin, Dugin and the Coming Wild Ride on Leviathan
It does not strain the imagination to snare drum tautness to imagine Vladimir Putin, bare chested in his best rodeo persona, bronco-busting Leviathan. However,...
The Russian Federation’s geopolitics
In a now famous speech delivered at the Conference on Security, held in Munich in 2007, Vladimir Putin harshly clarified the structural determinants of...
Growing militarization in Arctic amid increasing disputes
With the rapid melting of ice in the Arctic region, the long-isolated region is becoming a more accessible zone for commercial fishing, fresh water,...
Millennial Summit: Pope Francis’ meeting with Patriarch Kirill
Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church, and Patriarch Kirill, Moscow’s and Russia’s Orthodox Patriarch, met in the VIP room of the Havana...
Mongolia and the New Russian Oil Diplomacy
Russia signed an inter-governmental agreement in early late January 2016 that would resettle Mongolia’s debt to Russia which totaled $172 million, 97 per cent...
Some considerations on the Libyan case
Too little, too late. Any international effort to "bring peace" to Libya is now a commitment which, in all likelihood, will not lead to...
Chechnya an Unresolved Conflict in the Caucasus
Chechnya today is a federal subject of Russia but long been a boiling point. Al Jazeera report point out that, “it remains a historic...
Additional considerations on the Iranian nuclear issue
We all know that the Russian Federation has been one of the true resolver of the Iranian nuclear issue, also within the negotiations that...
New Momentum for Russia – Nigeria Relations
Nigeria is considered the economic powerhouse in the West Africa region. As it is popular known, Nigeria is one of Africa's fastest growing economies...