4/03/2015
The 34 million extra men pose serious social risks, but some just see a matchmaking bonanza. By Alexa Olesen January 28, 2015 “Their economy is depressed but beautiful women are running rampant,” the state-run Beijing News reported Jan. 22 in a story suggesting that Ukrainian women could be the solution to China’s woman shortage. The […]
4/03/2015
By Greg Austin January 29, 2015 he knows what is best for Ukraine. He feels very comfortable defining its national interests, which in his view are to be aligned with Russia. This was the picture he conveyed to students at St. Petersburg’s Mining University on 25 January. He said that volunteer units fighting against the […]
4/03/2015
Recently, the House passed, by an overwhelming margin, a resolution to condemn the Russian Federation. Ten Members voted “nay,” myself among them. I wish to explain why I took this unpopular position. Recently, the House passed, by an overwhelming margin, a resolution to condemn the Russian Federation for actions considered hostile and aggressive within its […]
16/01/2015
This is about inequality, not politics, so democracy can’t fix the problem. HONG KONG — The prevailing media narrative about the Hong Kong protest — namely that the citizens are politically dissatisfied and are fighting for democracy against the tyranny of Beijing — is false. What’s actually happening is this: A fringe of radical (or sometimes, […]
16/01/2015
By Pepe Escobar ROME and BEIJING – The Roman Empire did it. The British Empire copied it in style. The Empire of Chaos has always done it. They all do it. Divide et impera. Divide and rule – or divide and conquer. It’s nasty, brutish and effective. Not forever though, like diamonds, because empires do […]
16/01/2015
February 6, 2015 Center for the Study of International Relations in the Asia-Pacific and Far Eastern State University of Humanities held a round table discussion on “Security issues in the Asia-Pacific region in the context of the current geopolitical situation.” The main objective was to identify the round reaction of ATP events around Ukraine and […]
16/12/2014
16 December 2014 – the Far Eastern State Scientific Library hosted a meeting of representatives of Asia-Pacific International Relations Study Center (V. Tymoshenko, A. Ivanov, A. Samokhin) and Khabarovskiy Krai Society for the Study of the Juche idea and the experience of socialist construction in the DPRK (C. Slivko, M. Kovalchuk) with employees of Khabarovsk […]
10/12/2014
A great diplomatic mistake with repercussions now being felt today. The intense diplomatic activity that accompanies the end of a major international war has two broad objectives: first, for the winners, maximizing their gains and, for the losers, minimizing their losses; second, creating a new and more stable international system so that a renewal of […]
10/12/2014
CAMBRIDGE – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s recent policy decisions – to increase monetary stimulus dramatically, to postpone a consumption-tax increase, and to call a snap election in mid-December – have returned his country to the forefront of an intense policy debate. The problem is simple: How can aging advanced economies revive growth after a […]
10/12/2014
The stage is being set for an even more dramatic confrontation between the West and Russia over Ukraine. Obama must recognize the danger to U.S. national interests that the crisis may create and act accordingly. With Russia and Ukraine trading blame for the apparent breakdown in their tenuous September 5 cease-fire agreement, the stage is being […]
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