Veniamin Popov
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02.11.2022
The crisis in the West will steadily deepen
Western civilization is facing more and more problems. Over the past few decades, there have been many symptoms of a de facto decline of Western powers. Perhaps most clearly, these crises were reflected in the latest report of the so-called Club of Rome. Its authors believe that today’s “crisis is not cyclical, but intensifying. It […]
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23.09.2022
Arabs Look for Ways Out of the Crisis
At the end of August, Egypt’s central newspaper Al-Ahram published a major article about the turmoil and confusion in which the Arab East finds itself. The author believes that there are many reasons for these developments, but it is primarily sectarian and ethnic divisions, encouraged and exploited by external forces. The roots of this phenomenon […]
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12.09.2022
The Widening Gap between Rich and Poor is Hastening the Transition to a Multipolar World
According to the charity Oxfam, which fights against poverty throughout the world, the ten wealthiest people in the world have seen their combined assets double in the last two years, from $700 billion to $1.5 trillion. In its briefing on inequality, Oxfam points out that “central banks pumped trillions of dollars into financial markets to […]
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13.09.2021
Taliban Victory Potentially Strengthening Extremist Movements in the Region
September 11 marked exactly 20 years since the horrific terrorist attack that killed nearly 3,000 people in America. The US leaders of that time, in order to demonstrate to the world that they were the masters of the planet, decided to urgently strike in Afghanistan to show the world their power and might. A year […]
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02.04.2020
A Turning Point in Our History
At this time when the fight against the coronavirus epidemic is just beginning to be ramped up all over the world, it is probably too early to come to any definitive conclusions. However, one thing we are able to say right now is that this crisis is fundamentally changing the very face of our planet. […]
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02.03.2020
Who is Behind the Push to Create a New Hotbed of Tensions?
On 6 February, the article entitled “The Black Sea should be a US and NATO priority” by Luke Coffey, the Director of the Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy at the Heritage Foundation was published on the website of a U.S. think tank, the Middle East Institute. The author thinks that “the Black […]
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27.02.2020
The Modern World is Becoming More Fragile
In mid-January, the Global Risks Report 2020 was published. The report which was drafted by over 750 international experts and decision makers predicts that the world can expect to see political polarization and a slowdown in economic growth in 2020. The report was developed with the support of researchers from the Oxford Martin School (University […]
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05.01.2020
2019 Year End Summary
There was a number of geopolitical milestones that defined 2019, as most regions of the world underwent a period of political uncertainty and instability in the last 12 months. To some extent, the turbulent events that became the trademark of the last year were nothing but a continuation of the processes that began at the beginning […]
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05.01.2020
Некоторые итоги ушедшего года для Ближнего Востока
Характерной чертой ушедшего года для региона, впрочем, как и для всего земного шара, была значительная политическая нестабильность и турбулентность. В какой-то степени бурные события 2019 года в этом районе были продолжением процессов, которые начались в начале второго десятилетия XXI века и которые ряд политологов называет «арабской весной». Массовые выступления в Судане, Ливане, Алжире, Ираке были вызваны […]
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02.12.2019
On the Situation in Tunisia
A new Tunisian government had essentially been formed by mid-November 2019, and Tunisians have high hopes for it. In October, former professor of law Kais Saied won the presidential election with a landslide victory. The incumbent President was born in 1958 and served as Secretary-General of the Tunisian Association of Constitutional Law. President Saied also […]
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02.12.2019
Об обстановке в Тунисе
В середине ноября 2019 года фактически завершилось создание нового тунисского руководства, с которым население связывает большие надежды. В октябре на президентских выборах с большим преимуществом победил профессор юриспруденции Каис Саид 1958 года рождения, ранее возглавлявший Тунисскую ассоциацию конституционного права, был членом группы экспертов Секретариата Лиги арабских государств по подготовке поправок в устав организации, экспертом в Арабском […]
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19.10.2019
Турецкий гамбит
В настоящее время действия турецкой армии на севере Сирии оказались в центре внимания всего мира и именно им уделяется первостепенное внимание со стороны средств массовой информации не только региона, но и многих других государств. Для Турции курдский вопрос является жизненно важным, ибо почти четвертую часть восьмидесятимиллионного населения Турецкой Республики составляют курды, которые всегда стремились к […]