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October 14, 2015

Picture by Andrey Kortunov, Director General, Russian International Affairs Council.   Do airstrikes turn into the universal tool of peace building? Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria... to be continued?   Image credit: www.wallpapersdesign…

September 2, 2015

Picture by Andrey Kortunov, Director General, Russian International Affairs Council.   European migration management: mission impossible? Image credit: tammyluciano.com.br  Want to be published? Send your…

August 26, 2015

Picture by Timur Makhmutov, Deputy Program Director, Russian International Affairs Council.   Phantom-limb pains or memory of the future? Is Ukraine really able to build its national identity?   Want to be published?…

August 7, 2015

Picture by Andrey Kortunov, Director General, Russian International Affairs Council.   How many new floors can you add to the European Union before the building starts crumbling?  Image credit: www.ealuxe.com …

July 31, 2015

Picture by Andrey Kortunov, Director General, Russian International Affairs Council.   I know that the world of paper books is antiquated and doomed to extinction, but isn’t it beautiful?   Image credit: www.logsoku.com (Johns Hopkins…

July 28, 2015

Picture by Andrey Kortunov, Director General, Russian International Affairs Council.   The Roadmap to a common security system in Asia Pacific   Image credit: www.logsoku.com   Want to be published? Send your…

July 27, 2015

Picture by Andrey Kortunov, Director General, Russian International Affairs Council.   Vladimir Putin and Barak Obama: two opposite views on the world and its future. Who will turn out to be right in the end of the day? Barak, Vladimir or someone…

July 22, 2015

Picture by Andrey Kortunov, Director General, Russian International Affairs Council.   The new architecture of the European Union after Grexit and Brexit: highly asymmetrical, seemingly fragile, definitely postmodern and still irresistibly…

July 21, 2015

Picture by Andrey Kortunov, Director General, Russian International Affairs Council.   Left to right: China, Russia, Europe   Image credit: www.supercalifragili.com   Want to be published? Send your submissions…

July 20, 2015

Picture by Andrey Kortunov, Director General, Russian International Affairs Council.   The essence of great power politics: "Shut up, if you want to talk to me!!!"   Image credit: nickholmesonline.com  …

July 16, 2015

Picture by Andrey Kortunov, Director General, Russian International Affairs Council.   A missed date: Europe is waiting for Putin to reconsider   Image credit: distractionsoflola.tumblr.com   Want to be…

July 12, 2015

Picture by Andrey Kortunov, Director General, Russian International Affairs Council.   International financial institutions: "You can always count on our generous helping hand!"   Image credit: funny-bilder.com  …