Oleg REVENKO, Alexander VORONTSOV (Russia) Seoul has unveiled the results of the investigation into the sinking of the Cheonan corvette in the Yellow Sea on March 26. According to the report put together by a commission of South Korean military and unnamed experts from the US, Canada, Great Britain, and […]
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Vladislav SHVED (Russia) The Cold War transformed former allies in the anti-Nazi coalition—the United States and the USSR—into enemies. The Americans assigned their intelligence services to carry out political and psychological operations in the Soviet Union. In March 1948 that effort resulted in a secret document entitled “Use of Refugees […]
South Kyrgyzstan: An Epicenter of Coming Conflicts?
Aleksandr SHUSTOV (Russia) Unrest has lingered in the southern part of Kyrgyzstan since the April 7 coup. Recently, local Kyrgyz and Uzbek populations clashed in the Jalal-Abad province, the displaced Kyrgyz President K. Bakiev being widely suspected of organizing the riots. Early on May 19, up to 3,000 people rallied […]
Sukhum Outraged by PACE Resolution on Abkhazia
Indira BARTSITS (Abkhazia) Abkhazia’s Foreign Minister, Sergei Shamba, has expressed anger over the decision PACE made during its spring session to reaffirm its previous resolution on the situation in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. The spring session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) took place in Strasbourg […]
Afghan Heroine Flow Channeled to Russia
Alexander BARENTSEV (Russia) According to the Head of the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Assistant Secretary of State D. Johnson, the US State Department’s International Narcotics Control Strategy Report should reject the idea of opium poppy crop eradication in Afghanistan. The production of narcotics in Afghanistan has […]
What Will the Bilderbergers Decide on Iran?
On June 3-6, 2010 the luxurious Dolce Resort in Sitges, Spain will host the next annual meeting of the Bilderberg Group– an unofficial, invitation-only conference of around 130 guests, representing the backstage global elites – most influential figures in international politics, banking, business, the military and media – the sponsors, […]
NATO Finds Its New “Mission” In Missile Defense Shield For Europe
Sergey Borisov (Russia) The Western alliance may see Moscow as a partner in a missile defense program, but analysts warn that joining any European or transatlantic security systems may threaten Russia in the future. The alliance’s Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, discussed NATO’s reform, missile defense and Afghanistan with the […]
China Will Inevitably Extend Its Sphere of Influence
David Babayan (Armenia) The failure of isolationism One way or another, all components of China’s national power motivate it to expand its sphere of influence in such strategically important regions as Central Asia, the Far East and Southeast Asia. China has been a great nation throughout virtually all of its […]
Does America consider Russia friend or foe? Antimissile system will show
Washington and NATO have recently declared the intention of enhancing their partnership with Russia, but the proof of the pudding is in the eating, the saying goes, not in the promises. The “reset” of relations between the United States and Russia increasingly resembles a backroom card game, where the players […]
Episode 1. Bank of England.
ORIENTAL REVIEW opens the new historical series. We decided to name it ‘The Episodes’. We are not going to cover the world history with a comprehensive overview. It is beyond our power and competence. We want to relate to our readers few stories, which are not very known or well-forgotten […]
China and India: Partners and Rivals
Andrey Volodin (Russia) Relations between China and India, the two most populous countries in the world, are marked by a complex and shifting combination of cooperation and rivalry. The complexity reflects the history of their geopolitical interaction and their positions in the world economy and international relations In analyzing Sino-Indian […]
Iran Signs Uranium Swap Deal
At least we’ve got good news from Tehran: Iran agreed to enrich uranium in Turkey. The menace of imposing international sanctions and further escalation of the Western pressure on this country under nuclear pretext is temporarily diminished. Perhaps it was the first ever notable diplomatic achievement of the BRIC Alliance […]
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