_ Yuri Kofner, non-residential research fellow, Skolkovo Institute for Emerging Market Studies, editor-in-chief analytical media “Eurasian Studies”. Munich, 20 April 2020.
Intra-union merchandise trade
Since its inception in 2010, the average share of intra-union trade within the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU, then – Eurasian customs union)…

Coming from Poland equipped me with good understanding of communism, not only at the educational level, but also in personal capacity, as both parts of my diverse family have first-hand experience when it comes to the errors and horrors of communism. Born to a Polish mother, whose family was subject to communist oppression and stigamitzation due to…

Everyone knew that at the beginning of the epidemic, China tried to keep everything confidential and not tell anyone what was happening. Now, after realizing the actual scale, they changed their behaviour. Today, Russia, America and the rest of the world do not reduce the severity of the virus. Authorities restrict communication between countries and…

The Arms Control Negotiation Academy (ACONA) is a 12-month, high-level professional development program for a competitively selected cohort of rising international security experts and practitioners.The ambitious training curriculum addresses critical historical case studies, technological know-how, and advanced negotiation skills in the realm of arms…

The OSCE and the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg, together with Moscow State Institute for International Relations (MGIMO University), Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) and Vienna Centre for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP), are launching an essay competition to encourage innovative thinking…

8-11 August 2020Princeton University, Princeton NJ, USAANNOUNCEMENT AND APPLICATIONThe Program on Science and Global Security (SGS) at Princeton University seeks your help in identifying qualified participants for the Princeton Summer School on Science and Global Security. The Summer School will take place at Princeton University from August 8-11, 2020…

It was a multidisciplinary conference about the risks posted by emerging technologies, as well as political and technical solutions to control them.The conference brought together over 50 participants, including young researchers, practitioners, campaigners and students. Attendance and engagement from senior members of the Pugwash network was also most…

_ Yuri Kofner, non-residential research fellow, Skolkovo Institute for Emerging Market Studies, editor-in-chief, analytical media “Eurasian Studies”. Munich, 19 March 2020.
Significant trade diversions expected

After a 1.5-year trade dispute between the United States and China in which both have raised mutual import tariffs from 3.8 percent and…

Syrian troops have launched major attacks to clear Idlib province. The attacks targeted more than 30 Turkish troops, two Syrian military aircraft. About 19 Syrian soldiers, some Liwa Zainebiyoun, Fatemiyoun and Hezbollah forces were also killed In the Turkish UAV attacks. In the meantime, the reasons for this tension and Russia-Turkey-Iran competition…

It is necessary to reconsider how some societal terms can be approached, such as Femininity, Identity, Honor and Masculinity, etc. Hence, we can say in a language clear and unequivocal, The true maximum repression is what the male community suffers from, where it loses the meaningful spiritual force through which men (before women) can soar in the…

Global Review has a good relationship with the think tank of the Russian foreign ministery RIAC, writes articles for them and reposts articles of them on our website to support a New East Policy and an EU-Russia ecoalliance and other areas of cooperation. I am very interested in what their chief Dr.Kortunov writes about the defrosting of EU-Russian…

For hundreds of years, the Eastern Roman Empire, also known as Byzantium, protected Western Europe by default from Arab and then Turkish Moslem invasions, although the Jihadists managed to slither around Constantinople and reach Spain and France, before their expulsion, along with the Jews, from Spain in 1492. The Turkish Ottomans were happy to welcome…