Politics
29.10.2012
Policy of the Soviet Union – Russia in Asia Pacific and in the conflict over the islands of the South China Sea
Soviet period The role of the Soviet Union/Russia in conflicts, occurring in Southeast Asia and the Pacific, including the South…
26.10.2012
The Israeli elections, Netanyahu and the Iranian factor
Knesset dissolved On the evening of October 16, after convening for its winter session, the 18th, Israel’s Knesset finally voted…
15.09.2012
The “Islamic Quartet” and Syria
Mursi’s new regional aspirations At the Organization of Islamic Cooperation summit held in Mecca in mid-August, Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi…
03.08.2012
Syria and the “real” French policy
To achieve its Middle East ambitions, Paris has apparently decided to take full advantage of its chairmanship of the UN Security Council. On July 30, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said that as soon as his country takes the presidency in the UN Security Council on August 1, it intends to call for an emergency ministerial Security Council meeting on the ongoing armed conflict in Syria in order to “try to stop the massacres and prepare a political transition.” It seems that pride of…
04.07.2012
Iran’s prospects for normalizing relations with Egypt
Iran is making no secret of its satisfaction with the election of Mohammed Mursi, the candidate of the political wing…
01.03.2012
China and South-East Asia. Part 3
Threats to regional security China’s offensive policy obviously has a very negative impact on security in the region and, above…
27.02.2012
China and South-East Asia. Part 2
The post-colonial period Everything in China’s expansion to the south and south-west changed again after the Second World War and…
25.02.2012
China and South-East Asia. Part 1
A historical perspective Russia at present is cooperating more and more closely with China: We have many things in common…
23.12.2011
Who Will Come after the Exodus?
On the morning of Sunday, December 18, 2011, the last 500 American troops crossed the border into Kuwait after the…