Middle East: a Footstep Away From the “Point of No Return”

Iran has officially abandoned a series of the 2015 “nuclear deal” commitments   Vadym Volokhov May 8, 2019, a predicted and anticipated event took place: the Islamic Republic of Iran officially informed Ambassadors of the United Kingdom, China, Germany, France and Russia that Iran would stop complying with parts of the 2015 “nuclear deal”. Today, the further development of the situation in the region will depend on Europe’s reaction. But we should not lay great hopes on the EU. Europe has shown “concern”, but it will hardly actively interfere with the conflict between the United States and Iran. In general, Tehran’s actions can be called a…

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Latin America. Analytical Review 04/2019

Kateryna Vakarchuk The Political and Economic Situation in April 2019   Latin America is a region that dynamically integrates into global international processes with every year coming, and becomes involved in high-profile events, often acting as a subject engaged in solving important international issues. For example, Ecuador, which seems to be far from active global political life, attracted the attention of world media by the arrest of the scandalous journalist Julian Assange. President of Bolivia, Evo Morales, has made breakthroughs in foreign policy, in particular, has established close ties with Turkey. By the way, the similarity of the political figures of the Presidents…

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Iran — US: A New Cycle of the Crisis in the Middle East

Today, the main question is important: when and how will the opposing parties cross the “red line”?   Vadym Volokhov Washington decided to deploy the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group, as stated on 5th May by the US National Security Advisor John Bolton. In his view, Tehran should receive this “clear and unmistakable message” if it did not fully understand the White House’s decision on “oil sanctions” against Iran. John Bolton, in particular, pointed out that the United States was not seeking war with the Iranian regime, but was fully prepared to respond to any attack, whether by proxy, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or regular Iranian forces. It…

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Peculiarities of the Region of East Asia, As One of the Centers of World Power

Global and Regional Dimensions and Influence on the Interests of Ukraine   Olha Ratkovych, Bratislava Today, the region of East Asia has such peculiarities as strengthening of China’s role, unresolved territorial demarcation, the desire to eliminate interstate conflict situations through diplomatic negotiations, without the use of armed forces. Also, the countries of the region are participants of the ASEAN, the World Trade Organization, and China is a permanent member of the UN Security Council and cooperates (as well as Japan) in the International Monetary Fund. It should also be noted that the states of East Asia are among the leaders who own and develop…

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