«Australia predictedwhatwillhappen to Ukraine after a specialmilitaryoperation Conversation: Ukraine’s alliesmayuse Crimea not to accept the countryinto NATO» Ukraine’s Western alliesmayuse Crimea to keep the country out of NATO, says Conversation columnistLoic Simone. According to him, Kiev is literally “locked in the lobby of NATO” and there are no guarantees that Ukraine’s entry into the Alliancewill […]
Материалы: ‘Policy’
Anna Maistrenko. Russia represented by Australian newspapers
Having studied the Australian newspapers, I found out that their opinion is not really different in comparison with opinion of journalists from other countries. It is hard to say how much truth in their articles as in Russian mass media space there are many controversial statement son a given topic. I also found absurd articles […]
Time for a dose of Vladimir Putin’s realism in Australia
Russian President Vladimir Putin caused a tea-cup storm on the eve of a summit of the world’s 20 largest economies with this searing observation: “Every crime must have its punishment. The liberal idea has become obsolete. It has come into conflict with the interests of the overwhelming majority of the population”. Western leaders lined up to […]
Pence: Trump won’t repeat Korea mistakes
(NOVEMBER 15, 2018) US Vice President Mike Pence says Donald Trump plans to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in the new year but won’t repeat past mistakes of allowing promises to be broken on pledges to end arms programs. The United States and North Korea have been discussing a second meeting between their […]
UN condemns North Korea rights violations
(NOVEMBER 16, 2018) A key United Nations committee has adopted a resolution condemning North Korea’s “longstanding and ongoing systematic, widespread and gross violations of human rights” and strongly urged its government to immediately end the abuses. The General Assembly’s human rights committee approved the resolution by consensus after Sudan failed in an attempt to delete […]
Russian-Vietnamese Relations: Position and Prospects
Dmitry Mosyakov Today Russian-Vietnamese relations are developing in a complex political environment both for Russia and for the Asia-Pacific region. However, for Moscow, against the background of sanctions imposed by the West, the eastern direction of its policy has become a vital alternative. The task is extremely important – to create concrete substance to the […]
Once Again on the Mysterious North Korean Hackers
Konstantin Asmolov A statement delivered by President of the Republic of Korea (ROK) Park Geun-hye in April, confirming that ROK is getting ready to launch an anti-cyberterrorism program, compels to turn to the topic of “the North Korean hackers” once again. (For the record, “the North Korean hackers” is a mythical phenomenon ROK traditionally resorts […]
The Development of DPRK’s Missile-Nuclear Complex and the US Reaction
Konstantin Asmolov There is no doubt that 2016 can be called the year of the North Korean rocket engineers: two nuclear tests and a large number of missile launches forced a number of experts (including the author) to abandon their sceptical opinion on the DPRK’s capabilities. However, it looks like 2017 will be rich in […]
Ongoing Russo-Vietnamese Military Cooperation Ensures Regional Stability
Dmitry Bokarev ht t’s a well-established fact that when two states are determined engage in defense and security cooperation in a bilateral format, they must enjoy sound relations before even thinking about such an undertaking. The Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV) is traditionally one of the oldest and most reliable partners of the Russian Federation, […]
The Launch of the Kvanmenson Rocket
Konstantin Asmolov So North Korea has launched its rocket, and it was neither a bluff nor an action it had previously offered to cancel in exchange for economic assistance or some other benefit for the country. The launch was recorded by an American military satellite, and the spent stages fell into the Pacific Ocean exactly […]