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The Mistral Warship Deal: What’s in for France and Russia?

CESRAN Int.1 August 20177 August 2017

After two years of negotiations, Russia and France signed a treaty of military cooperation on June 17, 2011 under which two Mistral-class amphibious assault ships, together with their full technological...

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“Waves” of the Russia’s Presidential Reforms Break About Premier’s “Energy-Rocks”

CESRAN Int.1 August 20177 August 2017

In late March of this year, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev demanded that high-ranking officials – namely, deputy prime ministers and cabinet-level ministers that co-ordinate state policy in the same sectors...

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Russia-Georgia Relations: Among Illusions and Visions

CESRAN Int.1 August 20177 August 2017

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 is recognized as the most...

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Bhutan Cements Its Democracy

CESRAN Int.1 August 20177 August 2017

At the end of June the picturesque Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan held its first ever local elections. Over recent years this tiny country of around 700,000 has been undergoing a...

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Afghanistan after a Decade: Progress and Challenges Ahead

CESRAN Int.1 August 20177 August 2017

It has been almost a decade since international community with mandate of United Nations has intervened in Afghanistan to oust the Taliban regime, dismantle the web of terror and above...

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Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict in the Scope of Accelerating Iran-Armenian Relations

CESRAN Int.20 January 201723 January 2017

At present, the international community‟s preoccupation with Middle East Unrest overshadows a new trend in Iranian Armenian political relations affecting the South Caucasus. The officials and former civil servants of...

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Unlearned lessons of history

CESRAN Int.10 July 201610 July 2016

Rewriting history Today the process of rewriting history is gaining momentum. Washington succeeded so well in the substitution of factual evidence and perception thereof by people, that the whole world...

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Russia: A Global Energy Powerhouse that’s much more than a Petro-state

CESRAN Int.17 April 201617 April 2016

Russia is not what you think. Most discussion about its energy influence has focused on oil and gas, particularly gas. Russia can be described, and is routinely described, as a...

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Georgia: Project Aims to Boost Orthodox Church’s Support for EU Integration

CESRAN Int.27 March 201627 March 2016

Many proponents of European Union integration tend to see the Georgian Orthodox Church as an obstacle on Georgia’s path to Brussels. But a new initiative in Tbilisi aims to make...

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What the T-14 can tell NATO about a resurgent Russia

CESRAN Int.15 August 201515 August 2015

What the T-14 can tell NATO about a resurgent Russia The piece of advice Bismark accorded to the new German general staff after unification in 1871, “Russia is never as...

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Russian Foreign Policy under Dmitry Medvedev’s Presidency (2008-2012)

CESRAN Int.29 April 20154 May 2015

Summary Putin’s Russia (2000-2008) not only established internal stability, following the difficult and painful transition of the 1990’s onwards, but recovered economically, bolstered by a rapid increase in revenues from...

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Nazarbaev Heads For A New Term In Kazakh Vote

CESRAN Int.26 April 201526 April 2015

Voters in Kazakhstan are voting in a ballot that is expected to result in the reelection of President Nursultan Nazarbaev. With authorities clamping down on opposition and keeping tight control over...

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Islamic State, Afghanistan and Pakistan!!

CESRAN Int.25 February 201527 February 2015

The Baqiya wa Tatamaddad (remaining and expanding) strategic motivations of the Islamic State have created a commotion that needs to be examined objectively, particularly reports related to the terror organization’s recruitment...

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Ukraine Analysis: A Deal Which Is “Neither Breakthrough Nor Disaster”

CESRAN Int.13 February 201524 August 2017

After all night talks in the Belarusian capital Minsk, the outcomes of the four party talks in the so-called Normandy format (Ukraine, Russia, France, and Germany) have neither brought a major breakthrough or a...

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Has China Made Its First Big Military Sale In Central Asia?

CESRAN Int.8 February 20158 February 2015

China has reportedly provided both Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan with sophisticated air defense systems, which would represent the largest Chinese military equipment deal thus far in Central Asia. Reportedly, China has...