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The last three years the European Union has faced the most grave economic crisis in its history. It’s not so much about preserving the «social oriented” market model that it has been so proud of the last three dozen years. The matter is that the poorly thought-out EU extension at the expense of post-socialist states has shattered the financial-economic foundation of the Union and got stranded the old timers that had not distinguished themselves as immune to economic woes...
Vladimir NESTEROV | 13.04.2012 |
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As the tide of the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations sweeps across European cities, the impression is growing that the future holds a lot of unexpected for the EU. The protests which are carefully coordinated via social media can't but evoke memories of the recent uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East, especially since the coordinators readily cite parallels between the gatherings in Tahrir Square and Times Square. However, much more is at stake in Europe than elsewhere considering that the rotation of the European ruling elites made imminent by the economic crisis can translate into profound political transformations in the entire West...
Pyotr ISKENDEROV | 23.10.2011 |
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The view that friendship with the USSR/Russia could afford Italy additional independence in international politics at the face of Washington's pushiness – especially, in the Mediterranean affairs - remained deeply entrenched among a part of the Italian ruling class... Russia, a key energy supplier, is central to the Italian geopolitical reckoning. For Rome, the close and positive economic relations with Russia are a guarantee of reliable fuel supply. No doubt, Russia will play a fundamental role in Italy's international politics in the XXI century...
Daniele SCALEA | 14.01.2011 |
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Turkey dropped Russia from its list of potentially threatening countries ... Ankara is aware that - absent the Soviet threat - the US no longer needs a strong Turkey. The unequal partnership between the two countries continues to exist but is already viewed skeptically by the Turkish elite ...
Vladislav GULEVICH | 13.09.2010 |
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The ongoing great geopolitical changes, mainly determined by Russia, could possibly enhance the strategic function of Italy in the Mediterranean Sea, just in the contest of the organization and stabilization of the new multi-polar system and of the potential Euro-Asian integration..."
Tiberio GRAZIANI | 30.08.2010 |
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