It would be irresponsible if those who make public policy did not pay serious attention to expert knowledge.  If experts advise that a proposed policy will fail, it would be irresponsible for policy makers to ignore their advice.  Advocating the impossible would appear to be absurd. Does this mean policy makers must resign themselves to…

Tensions between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh are far from over, and that places Russia in a very uncomfortable situation: trying to maintain friendly relations with two strategic allies while getting them both to the negotiating table.    
 
By Pavel Koshkin
 
The frozen conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh…

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On April 10, 2016, fearing that his favorite candidate, Hillary, was in deep trouble with her server-gate, President Obama embroiled himself in a major conflict of interest.  As with Ferguson earlier, he weighed in on a controversial…

The conference aims to provide a detailed analysis of the oil and gas markets of Central and Eastern Europe – Belarus, Visegrad countries (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary), Romania, Bulgaria, the Baltic states, Ukraine, the European part of Russia both in terms of regional retail, commercial and industrial consumption and in the…

Turkish Stream was conceived in 2014 following Russia’s cancellation of South Stream which became a casualty of Russia-Ukrainian conflict and faced high opposition from the EU with regard to its anti-monopoly laws. The original plan for landfall in the EU (Bulgaria) will now occur in Turkey, while the distribution hub for Europe will be located…

"European values" is a widely-used expression.  Everyone is assumed to know what it means. But what are "European values?" Are they unique to Europe? If so, what is it that makes them special?  Are European values superior to those of other civilizations? When did Europe acquire them? Were they operative during the eras…

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Essay Review of Richard Pipes book, Alexander Yakovlev. The Man Whose Ideas Delivered Russia from Communism. Northern Illinois University Press, 2015
 
Alexander…

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 1861-1865.). Until 1823, the U.S. government did not have a specific policy regarding the Western…

LNG exports: Mr. Obama’s campaign promise? There is nothing new about the gas export from the United States. Canada, Mexico and Japan have been receiving American gas for almost a century. However, shale revolution came out as a surprise not only to the world’s major gas producers but to the American market as well. Innovative…

            The Refugee crisis stroke the European Union at a time it was already under pressure from the rise of right and left wing populisms, the possible exit of the United Kingdom from the EU, the ongoing economic crisis, and much more. Once again, the EU seems unable to cope with this challenge. On the one hand, the…

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Paul! Mr. Speaker! Censure Obama and deny his request for a 18% pension pay hike! Since you came to power earlier this year, your Republican…

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 Middle East, the world terroristic threat, and the migration crisis have been dominating in the news…