Материалы: January 16th, 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 […]