27/11/2014
By Ankit Panda If you haven’t already read it, Gilbert Rozman has an incisive essay over at Foreign Affairs that explains why the contemporary iteration of close bilateral ties between Russia and China is here to stay. Rozman argues that we’re not about to see a rehash of the Sino-Soviet split anytime soon for a variety of reasons […]
27/11/2014
In a bid to protect its own interests in the Arctic, and wary of NATO’s growing attention to the region, Russia is set to reactivate former Soviet-era bases around the North Pole. But the Kremlin would do well to monitor the actions in the Arctic of its occasional partner and possible future rival, China, rather […]
16/11/2014
Russia has sent a fleet of warships towards Australia in an apparent display of muscle-flexing ahead of the G20 meeting amid tensions between the two countries over the MH17 crash. Defence announced late on Wednesday it is “monitoring Russian naval vessels that are currently transiting through international waters to the north of Australia”. It stressed: “The movement […]
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If Ukraine is to be a cohesive, peaceful, prosperous country, the pro-Europeans and the pro-Russians will need to cooperate together and learn the art of compromise Russian President Vladimir Putin.Photograph: Darko Vojinovic/AP If the G20 is to operate as an effective organisation, its membership must learn to behave with civility to each other. How Australia’s […]
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The development of the situation in Ukraine, especially in the southeast parts where practically civil war takes place, does not leave anyone ignorant. This war happened to be not in disquieted Africa, not in the Middle East, but in civilized Europe. At the same time, both the leading Western and the Russian media have their […]
27/10/2014
The West blames Vladimir Putin for the crisis in Ukraine. According to the analyst Turmud Haier, the question is whether the West should consider the Russia’s interests instead of boasting of its own ideals and values. The main principle of regulating international conflicts consists in prevention of the tension increase and the useless escalation. It […]
14/10/2014
At all times the West had to deal with Russia which, regardless of how it was called — the empire, the USSR or the Russian Federation, always provoked the western powers to aggressive actions against it subsequently to win the victories. It means that the Russian foreign and domestic policy for several hundred years was directed on that by subtle provocations to compel these or those western powers, or their […]
14/10/2014
Editor’s Note: Please take a look at previous works from our “Weapons of War” series including the Russia’s Military is Back, Russia’s Navy Rising, the Five Best Weapons of War from the Soviet Union, and The Five Most Powerful Russian Weapons of War in the Sky. At the time of its breakup, the Soviet Union […]
29/09/2014
AccordingKyodo news agency the government of Japan said that the decision to cancel an official visit of the President of Russia to Japan was made under pressure from Washington. Japan had to take into account the requirement of Obama not to carry out a bilateral meeting with the Russian leader and to show solidarity with […]
29/09/2014
Exclusive: By driving a wedge between President Obama and President Putin over Ukraine, America’s neocons and the mainstream media can hope for more “shock and awe” in the Mideast, but the U.S. taxpayers are footing the bill, including $1 trillion more on nuclear weapons, writes Robert Parry. By Robert Parry The costs of the mainstream U.S. media’s […]