Politics

The concept of “stratagem” (in Chinese: zhimou, moulue, tselyue, fanliue) means a strategic plan that contains some kind of trap or trick for the enemy. “Zhi...

Russia under Vladimir Putin has proved a prickly partner for the West, a far cry from the democratic ally many hoped for when the Soviet Union collapsed. ...

The 2012 disaster—a prophetic “horror story” or a realistic forecast? Why are the current crisis trends fraught with the death of at least three quarters of ...

"Extraction" describes the struggle for wealth and power that has accompanied oil production for decades and that will be the eternal fuel of global conflict...

The conflict between Palestine and Israel is one of the most highly publicized and bitter struggles of modern times, a dangerous tinderbox always poised t...

The once famous journalist Ivan Kondratyev is on the verge of dismissal - after the death of his daughter, he became depressed and drank himself to death. Bu...

The book by an orientalist professor shows on a documentary basis the policy of militaristic Japan towards the Soviet Union on the eve and during the Second ...

“...recognition of the nationalization of land, subject to compensation for the alienated land or without it, will lead to such a social revolution, to such ...

The book by an orientalist professor shows on a documentary basis the policy of militaristic Japan towards the Soviet Union on the eve and during the Second ...

The history of Russia's relationship with its Far Eastern neighbor, Japan, is not so long. The first official contact occurred in 1792, and diplomatic relati...

Muammar Gaddafi, one of the most extraordinary political leaders of our time, for more than forty years headed a unique state entity - the Socialist People's...

The problem of global security became especially acute after the Cuban Missile Crisis, during which the threat of global nuclear war was more real than ever....