In recent weeks, China has been practicing unusual maneuvers off its southern coast involving three special barges.... Developing that capability has been a priority of China’s leader, Xi Jinping, in his quest to absorb Taiwan — either by negotiations or by war. China has been conducting military exercises around Taiwan for years, including a new surge this week.... Strong winds and currents for much of the year add to the dangers of trying to land on Taiwan.If the new barges go into service,

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The stable development ofthe Middle East requires acoherent internationally-recognised base for the emerging security and interaction system. Apparently, itisnecessary tobegin the difficult, but inevitable work ofpreparing a“new Madrid”, which would develop new “rules ofthe game,” writes Andrei Bak

The inglorious end oftheUS military intervention inAfghanistan (and inthe Middle East) made itpossible tospeculate that the end ofthe domination ofthe Western powers inworld affairs has finally come. The only problem standing inthe way ofamore just international order isAmerica’s inability torecogn

The escalation ofthe Ukrainian crisis inFebruary 2022 changed the attitude ofGerman officials towards Russia and its society. There was aradical simplification ofthe image ofRussia inGermany toacontrasting black and white image, without halftones.

The attack onChina can beconsidered one ofthe pillars ofoutgoing President Trump's foreign policy. Atthe same time, the policy ofcontaining the PRC was formed even before Trump's arrival atthe White House.

Russian Railways pays particular attention tothe diversification oftransit routes and the creation ofnew transport corridors. For example, inthe Central Asia region, inaddition toKazakhstan, Uzbekistan isbeginning toplay anincreasingly significant role inthe development ofEuro-Asian transit.

Russia has the image ofacountry that does not consider refugees tobeapromising category for increasing the country’s population, and the very procedure tofirst obtain official refugee status, and onthe basis ofthis status gain citizenship inthe Russian Federation, isquite difficult for Afghans, writ

There are multiple possible trajectories for the assembly process ofthe Grand Eurasia— the most attractive appears tobethe “integration ofintegrations” track asitappears tobemore expeditious and inclusive, writes Valdai Club Programme Director Yaroslav Lissovolik. Atthe same time, there are also ri

Political thinking and economic logics are both serve asimportant driving forces for Eurasian integration, but sometimes they contradict each other, which restricts the Eurasian integration from going forward quickly. This isalso one ofthe important reasons why itisdifficult for the Eurasian integr