Материалы: January, 2015

The umbrella revolution won’t give Hong Kong democracy. Protesters should stop calling for it.

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, […]

Russia, China mock divide and rule

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 […]

Report on the round table “Problems of Security in the Asia-Pacific region in the context of the current geopolitical situation “

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 […]