Veniamin Popov
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03.03.2019
Palestine: the Middle Eastern Equation with Many Unknowns
In the middle of February 2019, one of the main Israeli newspapers Haaretz published an article, which reported that, according to official Israeli statistics, 6.7 million Jews and 6.7 million Arabs lived in Israeli territories (including the occupied Palestinians lands) at the beginning of 2019. In the eyes of the opposition forces in Israel, these […]
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26.10.2018
The Deepening Crisis of the West
Almost every day, now, we are seeing new evidence of the increasingly serious problems and challenges faced by the West, and the very concept of “the West” as a united entity is increasingly open to discussion. The disputes between the USA and Europe have gone beyond trade wars, and are becoming evident in many other […]
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19.05.2018
Yesterday’s Hegemony Keeps Washington Fairly Confused
At this point, there’s hardly any doubt left that Western elites are reluctant to admit that they’ve faced a major crisis. Over a short period of time, the people of this world were presented with a number of challenges no one is really willing to face. Those are military clashes, political disputes, along with the […]
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06.04.2018
15th Anniversary of American Invasion of Iraq – A Lesson Unlearnt
Some 15 years ago the American-British campaign aimed at discrediting Iraq reached its apogee. Washington used every trick in the book to persuade the world that the then ruler of Iraq Saddam Hussein was in possession of weapons of mass destruction, while possessing a desire to unleash it deadly force upon the world. People of […]
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16.02.2018
The War in Syria is now 7 years old
In March this year it will be seven years since the Syrian Arab Republic was flung into a difficult, intense and drawn-out crisis. The waves of the so-called ‘Arab Spring’ or ‘Arab Revolution’ that plunged Tunisia, Egypt and Libya into chaos and shook up other countries in the region reached Syria and disrupted normal life […]
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14.12.2017
The Face of the Enemy – Yesterday and Today
Over the last few centuries, roughly after the Peace of Westphalia when the borders of states were determined after unceasing and bloody wars, Russia with her vast territory, seas, rivers, forests, natural riches, brilliant composers, writers and, most importantly, her people – so rugged, so able to survive in a harsh climate, and in such […]
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29.05.2017
Is There a Way to Put an End to the Spread of Terrorism
When reports about the terrorist attack in Manchester, that claimed the lives of 22 people and left some 100 more wounded, came flooding in, people in different parts of the world started crying: “How could this happen, yet another terrorist act, will there be an end to this?” It was horrifying that so many minors […]
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05.04.2017
The Divide Between the West and the Islamic World is Getting Dangerously Deep
The 21st century, which began with the horrendous terrorist attack of September 11, 2001, has been marked by a deepening division of civilizations – the struggle between which is exacerbated by the crisis that the West experiences. Under these conditions in order to maintain their dominant position in the world, Western states would not hesitate […]
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28.12.2016
The Year it All Changed
It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that in 2016 the balance of power in the world has changed radically. Just take a look at the so-called Brexit, Donald Trump’s presidential victory, the fact that François Fillon and Marine Le Pen are the main contenders in the French presidential election, as well as the presidential […]
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10.12.2016
Curious Developments are Taking Place in the West
Today one would hardly find a journal that wouldn’t report in pretty alarming tones the crisis in Europe and the West as a whole. In fact, the concept of the “West” appeared after the First and Second World Wars, and meant the Euro-Atlantic partnership, in which the United States was supposed to defend its allies. […]
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22.09.2016
The West is Attempting to Face the Truth
I regularly read English printed media and should admit that the English deserve credit for their strong school of experts specializing in the Middle East, which remains one of the global leaders in the field. However, lately, when covering Russia, British newspapers have allowed themselves to employ a derogatory tone in an attempt to demonize […]
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01.09.2016
Alienation Between the West and the Muslim World on the Rise
It would seem logical that those who have seen it on TV, as well as eye-witnesses couldn’t be more unpleasantly surprised by the absurdity and obscenity of the situation. On a beach of the beautiful Mediterranean Sea – the cradle of civilization – a French policeman publicly tries to strip off a swimming suit from […]