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Verses Against Tyranny: Faiz, Habib Jalib, and the Poetic Architecture of Protest and Peace
The 77th National Day of the People’s Republic of China and Beijing’s Developmental Trajectory Through 2026
The Forgotten Battlefield of 9/11: How the War on Terror Reshaped Central Asia
Iran and Turkmenistan: From Stable Neighborliness to Geoeconomic Partnership
Georgia and the Mackinder Trap: Geographical Significance and the Limits of Strategic Autonomy
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Georgia and the Mackinder Trap: Geographical Significance and the Limits of Strategic Autonomy
Economic growth figures do not indicate how resilient Georgia’s economy would prove in the face of a widespread disruption in trade, external financing, or national security.
Expanding Maritime Trade Between Iran and Russia in the Caspian Sea: Capacities and Challenges
During the past year, very important and positive developments have taken place in the cooperation between the two countries in the Caspian Sea, which needs to be strengthened and developed.
Rereading Nikolai Gogol’s Taras Bulba at the Time of the Ukraine War and its Impacts on Russian People
Although Taras Bulba has been recognized as the symbol of Russian patriotism, this novel contains levels of meaning beyond the mere praise of Russian ethnicity. Otherwise, it would be an unknown story rather than a classic in world literature.
Ukraine War and Putin’s Legacy
Ukraine War is reaching its anniversary. The longevity of this war would not only have a considerable impact on Russian current affairs, but also can erode Putin’s efforts for defining the post-soviet Russia. Ukraine war will diminish Putin’s legacy as a great figure in Russian history.
The ineffectiveness of setting the oil price ceiling for Russia to surrender
Strategic Council Online-Opinion: Recently, the Group of Seven, including seven countries with advanced economies, decided to set the price ceiling of Russian crude oil at 60 dollars per barrel in order to hit the main source of Moscow’s income at the same time as the country’s war against Ukraine is prolonged. The European Union also supported the Russian oil price cap and the US government welcomed it. Pouria Nabipour – PhD in Political Science and International Relations
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
The 77th National Day of the People’s Republic of China and Beijing’s Developmental Trajectory Through 2026
