The downing of the Russian Il-20 On September 17th, 2018, Israel decided to launch missiles in Latakia, having informed representatives of the Russian military command in Syria only one minute before the attack was carried out. In the course of the attack, a Russian plane was downed west of the city of Baniyas in the Tartus province. The Russian Ministry of Defence ...

The quickest way to get acquainted with a people or culture is to study their history. In a nation’s past, their common values, common views and abilities and weaknesses are described almost as if in a book. For example, to get acquainted with the Russian people, the easiest way is to open books on the history of Russia and read ...

In 2011, a civil war in Syria began which would continue for the next 7 years. The country became a geopolitical conflict zone for the confrontation of various states around the world. The number of countries involved in the actual conflict is difficult to account for. It all started from conflicts between forces supportive of Syrian president Bashar Al Assad ...

Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, for the third time in the last 9 months, met during a summit, this time hosted by Hassan Rouhani on September 7 in Tehran. The Tehran Summit took place after two summits held in Sochi and Ankara aimed at providing conditions for the implementation of a ceasefire agreement and the transition of the Syrian ...

Poles are one of the most Euro-enthusiastic nations of the European Union. According to the social research “Eurobarometer 2018”, more than 80% of the Poles consider themselves to be EU citizens, identifying themselves with the Union. It’s a distinctly higher percentage than in the countries of the so called “old Union”, such as in the Netherlands (70%), France (61%) or ...

On September 12th, EU Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker assumed the podium at the European Parliament in Strasbourg to deliver the annual State of the Union address. The central theme of Juncker’s speech was, unsurprisingly, “unity”. While nodding towards a laundry list of disunity and problems ranging from the dilemmas accompanying Brexit to the Hungarian rebellion against Brussels’ cultural and demographic ...

The Swedish elections: antiglobalist forces take 2nd place   The Swedish parliamentary elections showcased a new political climate in the country: the antiglobalist and antimigrant party “The Swedish Democrats” (SD) came in second place with 18 percent of vote. SD will play a key role in shaping the next government. What is happening in Sweden today, and who really won ...

The ruling party of Sudan, the ‘The National Congress’, has formed a new government in hopes of overcoming the crippling economic difficulties facing the country. An assistant to the president broke the news to journalists on Thursday evening after a meeting of party leadership. The latest reforms   Given conditions of aggravated economic crisis, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir issued a ...

When it comes to discussions over what constitutes the real power of the state, many say that the primary factor is the power of the army. Yet, here we might involuntarily recall the famous phrase attributed to Napoleon: “You can do anything with bayonets except sit on them!” This phrase conveys the idea that while a lot can be achieved ...

When on December 25, 1991, the Soviet hammer and sickle insignia was replaced by the Russian tricolor flag, there was a tremendous excitement in Washington. Many analysts declared the end of the bipolar world and the termination of the “Cold War” between the United States and the Soviet Union. American political scientist Francis Fukuyama and other geopolitical analysts pronounced the ...