How to kickstart strategic dialogue between Russia and the United States, given the collapse of all official channels and communication systems?
A plethora of fora organized by international institutions this fall, above all by the United Nations with its “ministerial week” involving heads of states and governments and foreign ministers, is a suitable occasion to explore the prospects of a new international order. Or, perhaps, this could be a good chance to transform the existing system of international...
... endowed with substantial extra powers. Critics of the consensus principle among the permanent members sought to narrow the scope of the veto. In particular, attempts have been made to carve out some international conflicts from the jurisdiction of the UNSC by placing primary responsibility for their settlement on the relevant regional structures.
In 2013, France initiated a discussion on the need for the five permanent members of the UN Security Council to voluntarily waive their veto rights in situations ...
... resources to stimulate [Ukrainian President Volodymyr] Zelensky to implement the Minsk agreements, which were approved by the UNSC Resolution 2202 and are legally binding. By the way, many U.S. experts have started to put it clear: Kiev openly sabotages ... ... and European allies claim Moscow is using energy as a weapon against unfavorable Western policies. Does Russia reject these accusations and will Russia retaliate against U.S. sanctions?
It has been said many times that the gas pipeline is an exclusively ...
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(left) and Haroon Sabawoon – Anadolu Agency (right)
According to
The Military Balance
, a military journal published annually, Afghan government forces had 640 MSFV armored security vehicles, 200 MaxxPro armored fighting vehicles and several thousand Hummers
at their disposal
. The Afghan Air Force had 22
EMB-314 Super Tucano (А-29)
light attack aircraft (see
image 2
), four C-130H Hercules transport aircraft, 24
Cessna 208B
and 18 turboprop
PC-12s
. The Army Air Corps boasted 41 MD-530F ...
... the right to a fair trial (Article 14 of ICCPR), the right to liberty of movement (Article 12 of ICCPR) and the right to the protection of the law against unlawful interference with their private and family life (Article 12 of ICCPR).
Ivan Timofeev:
USA vs. the International Criminal Court
The part in the executive order about the possibility of imposing sanctions against those who have aided ICC officials is a violation of the rights of human rights defenders and human rights organizations. And,...
... to tackle the pandemic is intriguing. Having left the European Union and fully restored British sovereignty, London has set about pursuing its own "national" strategy here too—an approach that included minimal social distancing and a refusal to close restaurants, bars and night clubs. This was done in the hope that elderly people would stay at home, while the rest of the country would catch the virus and thus develop an immunity to it. In the end, President of France Emmanuel Macron ...
... licence is not itself a solution to the problem. This much was clear before the pandemic began with the case of North Korea. Even though the UN Sanctions Committee
approved
applications for humanitarian exemptions, a host of problems arose—bank refusals, supplier delays, delays at customs, etc.
Christian Wollny:
Coronavirus Reveals Cracks in European Unity
Individual exemptions will have no effect without significant systemic changes introduced at least for the period of the pandemic.
The greatest ...
... balance of power. The economic growth rate, development pace, and economic planning for at least upcoming two decades has made India a promising power. This has further strengthened India’s chances for rise to United Nations Security Council’s (UNSC) membership.
Temporary rise to ethnic-national politics and localism
Ethnicity, race and migrations have remained focus of modern research of social sciences in UK, EU, USA and Canada in the era of globalization. Multiculturalism and an extensive as well as heavenly blend of immigrants of various ethnic and colour background had concentration in only certain developed countries that has caused reaction into a new political ...
... suspended the ceasefire talks. Is it because the US and Russia cannot agree on what is Al-Nusra?
I wouldn’t put it that way. Al-Nusra (or whatever it may call itself now) is a terrorist organisation recognised as such by the UN Security Council (UNSC). Russia and the United States, for all the difficulties and complications over the multi-sided conflict in Syria, have been able to agree on a lot of things. And they came up with a number of joint documents which they signed.
For some reason the ...
