A consensus is emerging that the Nord Stream pipelines between Russia and Germany were recently damaged by an attack, not an accident. Three gas leaks were reported on these two projects from Monday night to Tuesday morning, which coincided with seismic activity recorded by Denmark and Sweden that were interpreted as having been underwater explosions…

Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's State of the Union address in mid-September made it clear how far the political course of the European elites has meanwhile distanced itself from the concerns and needs of the societies in the member states. For many critical observers in the European Union, the question is no longer whether - but when - a…

Pugwash notes with regret that the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) have not been able to achieve consensus on a Final Document at the Tenth Review Conference. Source: GloballookpressThe NPT is an important element of the multilateral disarmament and non-proliferation regime, and all Parties must continue to…

The historical course of the Ibero-American countries, most of which have two centuries of independence processes behind them, or are close to reaching their independence bicentenaries (for Brazil it will be September 2022, for Bolivia – 2025), as well as the reflections that arise from the recent bicentenary of the resounding Guayaquil Conference…

Author: Shakhboz Juraev, Master degree graduate of Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University. Tutor: Leonid Tsukanov, Ural Young Middle East Researchers Association Board of trustees Chairman, RIAC Expert The United Arab Emirates is ambiguous to emerge as a cybersecurity hub for the Middle East and North Africa region. The National Cyber Security…

The Russian Federation is now deep into its "special military operation" in Ukraine. In response to the February 2022 outbreak of armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine, western counties, including Canada, have all but ended any constructive relationship with Russia.Canada, along with the others in the western alliance, have…

At the beginning of July, the Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, met his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, on the sidelines of the G20 foreign ministers’ meeting in Bali. Exchanging views on the Ukraine crisis, Wang added that China would (i) continue to take an objective position; (ii) focus on de-escalating the situation and promoting peace…

When violence erupted in Kazakhstan in January of this year, Abkhaz President Aslan Bzhania published a statement where he supported the Kazakh government and Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) member state intervention in Central Asia. It was rare for any leading Abkhaz politician (President, Prime-Minister, or Foreign Minister) to be…

In addition to supplying weapons and taking in millions of refugees, numerous countries, including those in Europe, have agreed to provide financial support for the reconstruction of Ukraine. However, the price for Europe is high, because the damage of the sanctions policy is already enormous.More than 40 states and international organizations have…

In the aftermath of the Islamic Revolution in 1979, Iran has been under consecutive comprehensive economic sanctions by the United States and to an extent by the international community. Sanctions in which were designed by the U.S. to politically and economically isolate Iran from the rest of the world in order to use that isolation as a negotiation…

A convergence of interests (read: opposition to the U.S.) is bringing Iran, China and Russia closer together than ever. As their relations with the West deteriorate, Russia and China are seeking to rewire global power flows in ways that will work to their advantage. Iran’s integration into the China–Russia Eurasian architecture is as complicated as…

Recent days have seen Cape Town once again pummelled by heavy storms, high rainfall, severe winds and tumultuous seas giving credence to the title ‘Cabo Tempestado’ (Cape of Storms) the name given it by Portuguese navigator Bartholomew Dias after passing around a terrible storm off the Southern African coast in 1488 as he sought to circumnavigate…