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Russian Diplomacy in Emigration

Challenging the October Revolution Russian diplomats from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs – stationed both at the central office and at foreign diplomatic missions, embassies and consulates – were among the first to mount a political challenge against the Bolsheviks after ...

24.11.2017

What Are Modern Nations Like?

In the second half of the 20th century, nation building, citizenship, and individual and collective rights took shape after the colonial system was dismantled and dozens of new countries emerged. Mass migration, globalization, and new doctrines of self-determination played an important role in this process, encompassing a set of national and international mechanisms of struggle against various forms of discrimination and the protection of ethnic, racial, religious, and language minority rights. In...

30.12.2013

The New Libyan state

What happens in the post-revolutionary Libya? The assassination of Gaddafi (October 20) took place eight months ago, but the political situation in Libya remains extremely tense and is characterized by an ongoing struggle for power and influence, the escalation of armed groups,...

02.07.2012

“Syrian spring” and the ultimate stress limit of Bashar Assad regime

... is supporting political opposition in Syria. In general, the whole picture looks not only different but directly opposite to the vision of the “Arab spring” as a wave of democracy. The Theory of “Black” and “White” Revolutions All this makes one recall the beginning of the Iranian revolution of 1978. The Islamic revolution in Iran was a great enigma to Western political analysts. Meanwhile, there is nothing difficult in explaining the sources of the Iranian revolution....

09.04.2012

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  1. In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?
    U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements  
     33 (31%)
    U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity  
     30 (28%)
    U.S. wants to dissolve Russia  
     24 (22%)
    U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China  
     21 (19%)
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