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Mr. William Courtney is an adjunct senior fellow at the RAND Corporation and executive director of the RAND Business Leaders Forum, as well as president of the U.S.-Kazakhstan Business Association. He co-chaired the U.S. delegation to the review…

The United States of America was formed on July 4, 1776, with the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. It happened during the War of Independence, or as it is called the "First American Revolution" (the second was during the Civil War in…

Despite an active domestic political life, primarily related to the presidential elections in November this year, the US elite continues following the foreign policy strategy and realizing the US national interests abroad. Recently, such topics as the…

The escalation of tension in the Middle East continues. The United States, as one of the main player in the region tries to implement its national interests there with different degree of success. As it is known, among the main challenges of the…

  We are living under the conditions of new world system that is often referred to as globality. The system is characterized by a number of features.   1.    This is a period quite often accompanied with the uncertainty of…

There is no state of denial that global inequality exists- commentators are daily quoting statistics on miserable state of poor countries. Still, morally, there is something here, that doesn’t correspond to our moral beliefs – that is…

Millennium goals, proclaimed by the UN were and remain an intrinsic feature of a mix of grandiloquent speechifying and idealistic intentions by the leaders of the  “free world” aimed at eradicating poverty, fighting health problems…

Irresponsibility of the global elite has always been a matter of deep concern and suspicion. One can say that throughout history, that were largely irresponsible. Many crises occurred because of that.   There are a number of theories that…

Throughout the history being unleashed diplomacy has always s been a topic that evoked deep respect from many people. As well as the world that existed  20-30 years ago contrasts sharply with the modern one.   Firstly, it is connected with…

Modern economic world is buoyed by new transnational growth. We might witness world economic growth of 1-2%, with IMF and World Bank being preoccupied less with the economy, and more with the political processes (political instability, emerging…

One of the main challenges for U.S. and Russian Foreign Policies, following the idea of a prominent American scientist Richard Haass, alongside with some other distinguished professors is that Foreign Policy begins at Home. In 1971 a prominent Harvard…