- 11:01 15/12/2009
The Middle East region is distinctive in its instability and array of intractable regional conflicts and disputes. (By Elena Melkumyan,Doctor of political studies, Russian State Humanitarian University)
- 10:37 15/12/2009
The Palestinian and Israeli leaderships feel more comfortable with the existing problems than with a drastic adjustment of their positions. (By Prof. Irina Zvyagelskaya, vice-president of the Center for Strategic and Political Studies)
- 10:37 14/12/2009
The issue of solving the Palestinian problem as a prerequisite to regional stability is multifaceted and multidisciplinary.(By Professor Grigory Kosach, The Institute of Asian and African Studies, Moscow State University)
- 12:38 09/12/2009
Last year’s conflict in the Caucasus vividly demonstrated both the current system’s nascent but developing, instability, and its fragility.(By Pavel Andreev, RIA Novosti Head of International Projects and political commentator)
- 10:45 07/12/2009
The de-Russification of the Baltic states now serves a simple geopolitical purpose – that of pushing Russia North and East, out of the European affairs in which she ought to be a natural player
- 13:54 04/12/2009
The interests of the Obama administration in improving ties with Russia, a policy metaphorically first described by Vice President Biden in February 2009 as ‘pressing the reset button,’ are principally driven by three goals.
- 19:09 03/12/2009
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Andrei Fedyashin) -President Dmitry Medvedev arrived in Rome today for the "extended summit" between Italy and Russia taking place in Rome.
- 12:36 03/12/2009
Relations between the US and Iran are approaching a death spiral. Tehran is defiantly pursuing its nuclear programme, recently announcing its intention to build 10 new enrichment facilities. Many US policymakers are growing sceptical about the prospects for diplomacy and pushing for new sanctions.
- 14:21 30/11/2009
President Dmitry Medvedev’s speech of November 12, 2009, has attracted a lot of interest. He spoke out for a “modernization” drive of the Russian economy. This was not the first speech on this topic, either by Medvedev or by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, and this speech was an elaboration on his “Forward, Russia” article
- 11:17 30/11/2009
The rapid changes in the world economy and politics yet another time raise an “evergreen” Russian issue of its relations with larger Europe or with the Euro-Atlantic region.
- 17:54 16/11/2009
On October 16, 2009, Andrei Klimov gave a speech at the meeting of the Russian European Club in Monaco. Some points that have been stated present great interest to the P&S site viewers, as they can get current information about the state of Russia-Mediterranean relations first hand.
- 00:11 03/10/2009
MOSCOW. (Vladimir Ryzhkov for RIA Novosti) -At a recent UN General Assembly in New York, President Dmitry Medvedev reiterated last year's proposal to draft and sign a comprehensive treaty on European security.
- 14:50 30/09/2009
Many people responsible for political decisions in Russia do not believe in the possibility of honest and practical cooperation with America.(By Georgy Bovt, editor-in-chief of the magazine Russky Mir.ru)
- 14:09 30/09/2009
The 20th Century in Europe is really over, and a new European security architecture is being born. (By Jan Carnogursky, former Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic).
- 13:46 30/09/2009
The world has returned to a neo-realistic foreign policy that seeks to divide the world into spheres of influence, which also affects post-Soviet countries. (By Gabor Stier, a foreign policy commentator and editor at the Hungarian newspaper Magyar Nemzet)
- 11:35 29/09/2009
Future generations will bear the costs if we do not seize the moment and integrate Russia into a European Security Model(By Reinhard Krumm, Head of the Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation Moscow Office)
- 11:15 29/09/2009
The Cold War was a military-industrial contest, a race between two competing and mutually exclusive systems (By David Hearst, Foreign leader writer for The Guardian)
- 10:49 29/09/2009
In North-Eastern Asia a successful security framework which can function as a model and reference is in urgent need. (By Feng Shaolei, Dean, School of Advanced International and Area Studies (SAIAS), East China Normal University)
- 10:29 29/09/2009
Since the end of the Cold War nothing has marked the armistice between the former two military, political and ideological blocks. (By Eric Hoesli, Editorial Director of the Swiss media group Edipresse)
