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SYRIA: RUSSIA IS OFFICIALLY IN THE REGION
Since the outbreak of the Syrian uprising, Russia has limited itself to its traditional role of providing arms as well as military and logistical experts to its Arab allies. As Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s
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A NEW COLD WAR BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE WEST?
Recent crisis between Russian Federation and USA/EU in Ukraine and Syria let some academics and journalists to talk boldly and write extensively on the concept of “New Cold War”. In this article, I will
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THE CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS BY SAMUEL HUNTINGTON
Samuel Huntington Samuel P. Huntington (1927-2008)[1] was a very influential American Political Scientist who taught for long years at Harvard University. Huntington was a conservative democrat and worked for long years on civil-military relations,
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COLLOQUY WITH NOVRUZ MAMMADOV ON CRISES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND GOVERNANCE
Nowadays, we are witnessing serious crisis of international law and governance. It is the major crisis of international legal system that emerged from the horrors of the World War II and aimed at adhering
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LITHUANIA: A CONTRIBUTOR TO THE EU OR A CONTRIBUTED ONLY?
Introduction The Second World War was the most destructive war humankind has even seen. Europe was the most damaged continent of the war. After the war, the continent was devastated either economically or physically.
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WHY DID RUSSIA TERMINATE THE TREATY ON CONVENTIONAL ARMED FORCES IN EUROPE?
The news about Russia’s unilateral termination of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe caused confusion among Western nations. This step triggered discontent among not only foreign countries, but also internally among opposition
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NEW PHASE OF GEOPOLITICAL STRUGGLE BETWEEN WEST AND RUSSIA
For the past 400 years Russia has exercised control of the area of the modern day Ukraine. Recent problems between Russia and Ukraine are not an outcome of animosity among the two nations, but
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RUSSIA-CHINA-IRAN TRIANGLE: NEW ALLIANCE IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Emergence of a political crisis in Ukraine provoked by the ongoing ideological struggle between Russia and the West has impelled creation of new alliances on the international arena. The modern era also referred to
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PROBABILITY OF A NUCLEAR WAR
For over six decades ”Sword of Damocles” is hanging over the humanity manifested in a threat of a nuclear clash of the big powers. In the event of a nuclear war between the U.S.
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RESURGENCE OF REALISM OR “HISTORY CONTINUES”
Recent events have proven that the foreign policies of different nations serve not to the universal interests and transcendent values, but rather they are based on a realist approach, driven by self-interest. Therefore, in
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