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Публикации EU and Russia: an Eastern Partnership Muddling on?  PDF  (1 Mb)

Moscow’s attitude towards the EU fluctuates. There are deep-seated doubts that the EU is attempting to undermine Russia’s geopolitical positions in its traditional sphere of interest. Alexander Sergunin examines Russian concerns.

  • 28 January 2010
Новости EC to monitor anti-piracy trial

The European Commission agrees to monitor Virgin Media's trial of anti-piracy software after a complaint from privacy activists.

  • 26 January 2010
Новости China has 'open mind' on climate

China's lead climate change negotiator says he has an "open attitude" on whether global warming is man-made or natural.

  • 25 January 2010
Новости China denounces US free internet call

China rejects Hillary Clinton's criticism of its internet controls, saying it could harm relations between the two countries.

  • 22 January 2010
Публикации Russia’s Middle East Policy

  • 8 January 2010
Публикации Russian Relations to the Gulf Region in a Changing Geopolitical Environment  PDF  (375 Kb)

Scholars of most academic disciplines across the social sciences have a fondness for comparing different regions in order to evaluate :

  • why one may be developing more rapidly than another,
  • why democracy may be stalled in one region or flourishing in another,
  • why the benefits foreseen by economic reform have proven less conclusive in some regions when compared to others...

  • 15 December 2009
Публикации Uzbekistan foreign policy briefing

Key issues:

1. Human rights.
2. Energy security
3. Regime stability
4. Outlook

  • 8 October 2009
Публикации GEORGIA AND THE SYSTEMIC IMPACT OF THE FINANCIAL CRISIS  PDF  (139 Kb)

This paper analyses the potential effects that the systemic developments stemming from the global financial crisis and the August war are likely to have in Georgia, within a context of hegemonic stability theoretical fundamentals. According to this perspective, both events have undermined the role of the US as the sole world hegemon. As a result, the Western strategic priorities toward the Caucasus are likely to shift, to the detriment of the special relationship between the Saakashvili administration and the US. To demonstrate this, the analysis will focus on the case study provided by energy- and transit-related Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), as the Georgian political and economic dependence on a geopolitical rent is strongly connected to them and is likely to disappear in the aftermath of the recent events.

  • 1 June 2009
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