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China Strengthens Its Presence in Central Asia - 10/16/2015

China is increasingly penetrating, especially economically, to Central Asia. According to experts, due to the decline of Russia's influence in the region, as well as the reduction of West’s interest in the region, the growth of Chinese influence may not cause a serious reaction. China itself, which first not intended to include the region its his "empire", now pays more attention to it. According...

EU and the Refugees Problem - 10/15/2015

The Summit of Heads of States and Governments of the member European Union countries starts on Thursday, October 15 at 4 PM. Yet nobody knows when it’s going to close. The European Commission in Berlin hopes that the negotiations (working session, the working dinner, working session again) will be completed on the same day in the evening, but did not rule out that Friday will be a working day,...

Turkey Dissaproves the US and Russian Actions in Syria - 10/14/2015

The Turkish Foreign Ministry had summoned the ambassadors of the US and Russia to warned them against supporting the Syrian Kurds in the fight against Islamic State. At the meeting was described official Turkish view on the Syrian Kurds Party "Democratic Union" to Russian and American diplomats, said the representative of the Turkish Foreign Ministry on Wednesday, 14 October. Neither the US nor...

€ 2,2 Billion: The Bailout for Italian Banks - 10/13/2015

Italian authorities are planning to carry out an urgent recapitalization of three small banks - Banca Marche, Banca Popolare dell'Etruria and Cassa di Risparmio di Ferrara - with the use of funds from a fund set up to guarantee the repayment of depositors. According to "Reuters", Banca Marche, Banca Popolare dell'Etruria and Cassa di Risparmio di Ferrara are on the brink of collapse and in urgent...

Contradictions Between OPEC and Goldman Sachs Forecasts on Oil - 10/12/2015

The oil market will come to a more balanced state in 2016. This statement was made at the Oil and Gas Conference in Kuwait by OPEC Secretary General Abdalla Salem El-Badri. He believes that the gap between supply and demand will have disappeared already by the III quarter of next year. Now, there is a slowdown in production outside OPEC, whilst the demand for the commodity continues to grow. This...

The Indian Dream and the US - 10/09/2015

Recently, the press was not the most positive about Obama's Asia Pivot. At the very moment when the president said this phrase, the Middle East demanded more attention to itself. However, it is likely that the negative attitude should ease after the agreement on TTP signed this week. In the course of the project, countries that have signed the agreement will encounter many difficulties....

Israel vs Palestine: Where the Patience Ends - 10/08/2015

There are new clashes in Israel and Palestine. Police reported about four killed Israelis and three Palestinians. Crowds of Palestinian youths are throwing stones at law enforcement officers, who are responding with fire. Jewish settlers are burning car tyres and attacking Arab neighbors. Again, two missiles were launched from the Gaza Strip in response to the Israeli air forces bombing targets...

Britain Hurries to Escape From the EU - 10/07/2015

Yesterday, the head of the British Ministry of the Interior Theresa May took an unprecedentedly tough speech on the need to limit the migration, revealing details of the government’s requirements to the leadership of the European Union. Brussels’ decision on the reform will depend on the outcome of the referendum on Great Britain’s withdrawal from the EU. The vote could take place in 2016 - in...

China: Is It Jump Back or Forth? - 10/06/2015

Obviously, China has fallen on hard times. The communist revolution in October 1949, which put the country's supreme leader, Mao Zedong, on the throne, is celebrating its 66th anniversary. However, there is one big problem threatening to spoil the party. August 24, the "Black Monday", stock exchanges of the country collapsed – it was the most significant falling of the financial markets since the...

UN, Deeply Split by Statements About Cooperation - 10/05/2015

This week, many participants of the General Assembly may have seemed that the UN is going through a kind of reboot, which coincided with the 70th anniversary of the organization. Seven decades after the Second World War gave impetus to the creation of the United Nations, the tone of the annual performances of the major world powers’ traditional leaders at the General Assembly of the organization,...
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