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Call for Membership in IRAS Study Groups
The Iran War and the New Power of Diplomatic Access
The Meeting on “The Mecca Pact and Collective Security in the Persian Gulf” Was Held
The Leipzig/Halle Drone Crisis and the Entry of German–Russian Relations into a New Phase
Iranian Studies in Uzbekistan: Shared Heritage, Academic Capacities, and Prospects for Future Cooperation
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The Iran War and the New Power of Diplomatic Access
The Iran war shows why the ability to preserve and activate diplomatic relationships is becoming a strategic asset in an increasingly current turbulent world.
OGAS & The Fate of the Soviet Internet; A Great Story of Communication History During the Cold War (Part I)
Amidst the turbulent and strained relations between the United States and the Soviet Union in the early 1960s, when Khrushchev was heavily criticized, and the Bay of Pigs invasion and Cuban Missile Crisis set the stage for a nuclear war, a small group of cybernetics living in Moscow and Kyiv were designing "electronic socialism" known as OGAS.
Motives and consequences of gas agreement between Russia and the Republic of Azerbaijan
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An expert on Russian issues, stating that one of Europe’s measures to reduce the costs and political and economic consequences of its decisions is the indirect import of energy from Russia, said that a behind-the-scenes agreement between Russia and the West in this regard is not unlikely.
UK promises more military aid for Ukraine
The new pledge nearly doubles Britain’s previous spending commitments to Kiev
Taiwan reveals why it sanctioned Russia
The island’s foreign minister wants the West to punish Beijing if it attacks his territory
Russia’s Rosneft ramps up oil sales to Indian Oil in May
Russia's Rosneft sold 700,000 tonnes of Urals oil loading from Baltic ports of Primorsk and Ust-Luga in May to Indian Oil Corp (IOC), the country's top refiner, two traders familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday.
Putin congratulates leaders, people of CIS states, Abkhazia, South Ossetia with May 9
The Russian leader underscored in his congratulations that "it is a common duty today to prevent a restoration of Nazism that brought so much suffering to the people of various states"
Russia’s Attack on Ukraine Raises Stakes For Iran Nuclear Talks
While it does not appear that Russia has become interested in undermining the JCPOA as a whole, dragging out the talks could serve Russia's interests.
IMPACT OF UKRAINE CRISIS ON ENERGY MARKET, OPPORTUNITY AHEAD
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: After the Russian military invasion of Ukraine, two important events occurred in the energy market; first, the negative expectation shock in the field of oil supply, which led to an unprecedented rise in oil prices in recent years and second, the European and American approach to Russian energy (oil and gas) imports has intensified efforts to find alternative resources.
