Month: April 2014

By the end of 2011 Russian Prime-Minister V. Putin has begun campaign for fight against corruption in the Russian energy sector. Experts underline, that recent anti-corruption “struggle” in Russia will...

The crisis between Iran and the Western powers continues to escalate. Sanctions, wargames, and the ‘covert war’ being conducted against the Iranian nuclear programme has heightened tensions and raised the...

The Black Sea region (BS) — geographically defined as the land and seascape between the Balkans and the Caucasus and current politically located within the Wider Europe strategy from “Dublin...

Vladimir Putin got, and may have partly arranged, the election result he required: a mandate for more of the same, despite the protests of those demanding overall reform and the...

The large-scale nuclear disaster at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant has acted as a wakeup call for the international community, engendering deep reflection on the consequences of using nuclear...

The news wires are eager to report how many thousands protested in the aftermath of the Russian Duma election on Dec. 4. Some are even inflating the figures, leading to...

Ankara was also under pressure because of a delay in signing a comprehensive agreement on supply and transit of Shah Deniz 2 gas. Baku will decide the exact route of...

By ZAUR SHIRIYEV | 26.09.2011 Leaving public opinion aside, the leadership of all post-Soviet countries enjoy reasonably amicable relations with Russia The exception is Georgia, whose ongoing conflict with Russia...

By ASSOC. PROF. RICHARD ROUSSEAU | 26.09.2011 After two years of negotiations, Russia and France signed a treaty of military cooperation on June 17, 2011 under which two Mistral-class amphibious...

BY ZURAB GARAKANIDZE | 25.09.2011 Story about the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's initiative to change the make-up of the boards of state-owned firms, especially energy companies. In late March of...

BY DINOJ KUMAR UPADHYAY | 21.09.2011 It has been almost a decade since international community with mandate of United Nations has intervened in Afghanistan to oust the Taliban regime, dismantle...

BY CHRISSIE HIRST** | 17.08.2011 Defining the ‘Liberal Peace’ Model The end of the Cold War brought crucial changes to the global context of conflicts in the developing world. With...

By Emil Agazade** | 02.08.2011 Azerbaijan has proven to be one of the fastest-growing economies due to its energy reserves, but oil and gas brought more than just petrodollars. In...

BY PROF. RICHARD ROUSSEAU** | 08.06.2011 Ten years after its establishment on June 15, 2001, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), successor to the original Group of Five (Shanghai Five), is...