Amid the civil war in Syria and the general potential for conflict in the Middle East in 2013, questions are being asked as to the effectiveness of international peacekeeping in this day and age. There is also the need to assess the role of the UN in conflict settlement in the region, the political ...
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On November 26-28, 2014, Geneva Center for Security Policy (GCSP) held the 17-th Strategic Analysis and Planning Seminar (SPAS) "Russia after Ukraine/Crimea: Last afterglow of the Cold War Era or Raise of the Big Player/Actor in the New Bipolar World?”. The leading Russian and international experts...
Russia’s Eastward Pivot strategy, which was announced in the early 2010s, includes the following components:
- Stronger political and strategic role played by Russia in the Asia Pacific;
- Much closer economic ties with the East Asian countries;
- Accelerated economic development of the Russian Far East an...
On Decemver 12, 2014 Dr. Vladimir A. Orlov, Head of the Center for Global Trends and International Organizations of the Diplomatic Academy under the MFA of the Russian Federation, took part in the conference “Global Security on the 2015 BRICS Agenda: from Fortaleza to Ufa” organized by the Diplomati...
The fact that the so-called “shale revolution” is real can no longer be denied. Natural gas production from new sources, primarily shale rock, continues to grow at a rapid pace.
Andrey Shadurskiy, energy policy and security expert and senior lecturer at St Petersburg State University, looks at the s...
November 24, 2014
The global energy markets have been undergoing tectonic shifts in recent years. They include an unprecedented growth of Chinese demand, a rebalancing of global trade towards Asia, North America’s transformation into a potential net exporter of energy resources, and the reorientation of the European ...