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During the armed conflict in Syria and some other countries of the Middle East, Russia has notably increased its involvement in the region in order to protect its own interests. This has been interpreted by its calibrated military intervention in Syria and the formation of alliances with some …

To very few strategists and political experts, the Middle East is passing through rapid changes with a big rift between Iran and the USA, a rapprochement between Egypt and Iran, and a rift between some key world powers because of the Syrian crisis, shaping new alliances. Egypt has …

On January 25, The Financial Times published an article on the role of Western countries at the Astana negotiations. Author Erika Solomon writes that Western diplomats could do absolutely nothing to influence the negotiations and “found themselves relegated with journalists to the plaid-carpeted Irish Pub of a hotel in Kazakhstan.” Astana …

There was a distinctive shortage of wide media coverage at the international conference on Syria which was held on January 23-24 in the Kazakh capital Astana.  The two-day gathering closed with a low key tone as the goal was bringing together representatives of the Syrian government and the …

A really remarkable chain of events has been happening to Serbs during recent months and weeks. It started at the end of 2016 and continued even faster with the beginning of 2017. Firstly, a proven enemy of Serbs, Hillary Clinton, lost the US presidential election, which was immediately …

Patriotism and the return of nation-states will define the future of Europe, say right-wing political leaders gathered at the “Freedom for Europe” conference in Germany.