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Water resources in the Middle East

12:19 16/12/2009

The main aspect of the water problem in the Middle East is the transboundary nature of water sources. (By By Aydar R. Aganin, Director of Rusya al-Yaum News Channel)

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Salafi Jihadist groups in Gaza Strip as instrument of restoring regional balance
10:18 16/12/2009
Starting from the mid-2000s in the Gaza Strip, Islamist groups began to show political activity that used the Al Qaida combination in their names. (By Alexander Ignatenko, President of the Institute on Religion and Policy)
Proposals from the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on the New European Security Treaty: Origins and Prospects
13:06 15/12/2009
Statement by Mr. Alexander GRUSHKO, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
Prospects for establishing a regional security organization
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)
Palestinian-Israeli deadlock versus talks challenges
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)
The Palestinian problem and regional stability
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)
The security architecture of the Euroatlantic space needs to change
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)
The de-Russification of the Baltics serves a geopolitical purpose
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
The Obama administration's 'reset button' for Russia
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.
Medvedev in Italy: first take on new European security system
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.
A nuclear deal with Iran is still within reach
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.
President Medvedev’s vision of Russia’s Future - Right on ends, but wrong on means
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
Russia and Euro-Atlantic
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.
Russia and the Mediterranean
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.
Does a new treaty on European security have a future?
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.
Who will benefit from the end of the Cold War?
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)
The 20th Century is Really Over
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).
Epoch of global disorder
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)
Avoiding Uncertainty
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)
Is the Cold War Over?
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)

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