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Hollande, Sarkozy Neck to Neck in French Presidential Polls

What the Coming French Presidency Promises

13:59 02/05/2012

At the moment, there is little doubt that Francois Hollande can count on winning the presidential run off in France. The questions naturally arising in the context are which, if any, transformations await the French foreign policy under the incoming president and, in particular, how Paris will be shaping its relations with Moscow in the coming five years.

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Kurds, Syria, and the Chessboard
14:16 25/04/2012
Last March, at the peak of the pressure on Syria and Iran, the Syrian Kurds boldly declared the independence of West Kurdistan, with the city of Afrin as the capital. The territory thus claimed lies in the northern part of Syria and borders Turkey.
Foreign Policy of France: Should We Expect Any Changes?
13:59 20/04/2012
The first round of the presidential election will take place in France on April, 22, 2012. If the second round is necessary, it’s scheduled on May, 6, 2012. Socialist François Hollande lays claim to the laurels of French president in power.
Germany: pirates go active, ‘hooligans’ take to the streets
11:26 13/04/2012
Now living through a kind of a social crisis, Germans are looking forward to early land elections in the country’s most populous (17.8 million) state of North Rhine-Westphalia scheduled for May 13.
Great Power Influence Could Be Key to Stability
14:43 10/04/2012
American author Anne O'Hare McCormick packaged into a single phrase the lessons to be derived from the tumultuous epochs when she famously wrote: “Today the real test of power is not capacity to make war but the capacity to prevent it.”
Arab League As An Anti-Arab Weapon
13:17 22/02/2012
Elementary arithmetic routinely holds keys to much more complex political algebra. At the moment, for example, it appears that fairly simple regards explain the bizarre conduct of the Arab League which, contrary to reasonable expectations, aligned itself with the West in destabilizing Syria and keeping B. Assad under pressure.
IRAN-CASPIAN BASIN: THE WAY TO GLOBAL PROJECT: Embargo for the Iranian oil import
12:13 17/02/2012
Oil embargo of the European Union on Iran: punishment with postponement - “War of nerves” in the Persian Gulf - Oil import embargo on Iran. There are a number of factors nowadays which demolish the War Conceptions, well-established from the Clausewitz times on.
German businessmen on prospects of economic relations with Russia
13:04 14/02/2012
How do foreign investors take the prospects, which are opening up for them in Russia after the presidential elections?
The Conundrum of Iran
13:24 03/02/2012
The EU oil embargo recently slapped on Iran led watchers to conclude that an armed conflict between Iran and the West finally became imminent.
On Current Situation in Syria
15:11 01/02/2012
The current situation in Syria remains one of the most important components of the Middle Eastern and international policies.

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"International Affairs"

What the Coming French Presidency Promises

Kurds, Syria, and the Chessboard

Foreign Policy of France: Should We Expect Any Changes?

Germany: pirates go active, ‘hooligans’ take to the streets

Great Power Influence Could Be Key to Stability

Arab League As An Anti-Arab Weapon

IRAN-CASPIAN BASIN: THE WAY TO GLOBAL PROJECT: Embargo for the Iranian oil import

German businessmen on prospects of economic relations with Russia

The Conundrum of Iran

On Current Situation in Syria

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