The Grand Troika: A Chance for a World New Order
British Propaganda and Disinformation: An Imperial and...
Missile Madness in Syria
Afghanistan Faces Uncertain Future (III)
The outgoing Afghan President Hamid Karzai used his national address in office before leaving the presidential palace to warn the new...
Afghanistan Faces Uncertain Future (I)
Afghanistan has witnessed two major events in the most recent weeks. One is the assumption of office by Ashraf Ghani as...
US Torpedoes Karzai’s Contacts with Taliban
...Washington doesn’t want any substantive «Afghan-led», «Afghan-controlled» peace talks except under its auspices. Most important,...
Will the U.S. Find Its Way Out of the Dead End in Afghanistan?
...The tasks of ensuring security in the Northern Caucasus and in Russia's allies in Central Asia have made it a priority for Moscow to...
The Subtext of the Stalled Afghan-US Treaty: Will the US Trade Karzai for the Taliban?
2013 is almost over and the US has still not managed to get NATO-garrisoned Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai to sign the...
Afghanistan and its Future (II)
The return of Taliban to Kabul is a matter of special concern for Russia and the neighboring CIS (the Community of Independent Nations)...
Afghanistan and its Future (I)
The President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai has decided to suspend the security agreements talks with the United States giving rise to...
Whither Afghan-Pak Relations? (II)
Karzai believes or at least indicates publicly that the difficulties in advancing reconciliation have arisen because Pakistan has not...
Anti-Russia frenzy makes a poor guide. A small, one-time win might ultimately turn into a big defeat. The desire to hurt Russia could boomerang, and then the US and its allies...
The lesson that should be learned from Syria and Skripal is that if “an incident” looks like it has no obvious motive behind it, there is a high probability that it...
The White House has had a hot new idea – to leave Syria but also stay there at the same time by deploying an Arab contingent to US military bases, primarily from the...
Few people believe the US Treasury’s assurances that the 261 million ounces (roughly 8,100 tonnes) in official gold reserves that are stored in Fort Knox and other places...
