Analysis & Forecast

Kirill Benediktov13.06.2024

Europe voted against the war in Ukraine, says the famous American political analyst David P. Goldman. According to Goldman, while mainstream (i.e., left-liberal) pundits and journalists call the rise of national conservatives in Europe a “knee-jerk response to immigration,” the analysis suggests the opposite: Sunday’s electoral earthquake was a response to voters’ concerns that the […]

Tony Rocchi12.06.2024

The recent elections to the European Parliament showed that both far right and right-wing and conservative parties made big gains. The 720 members of the parliament generally belong to European-wide parties consisting of national parties grouped along ideological lines. Media have focused on the gains made by the far-right Identity and Democracy party and the […]

Kirill Benediktov09.06.2024

Putin’s discussion with Karaganov about the use of nuclear weapons is an obvious sign of the legitimization of the nuclear war scenario. Of course, this is a game of Putin as a good and Karaganov as a bad one, but although Putin always stipulates that he really hopes that nothing like this will happen — […]

Kirill Benediktov28.05.2024

Fareed Zakaria stopped one step short of calling for Biden to be replaced with another candidate. But the message is easy to read Political scientist Fareed Zakaria, in his author’s program Fareed Zakaria GPS and in a column on the CNN website, admitted that this election season everything is not going as he thought. Fareed […]

Viktor Alksnis29.09.2023

The conflict in Ukraine could escalate into an international one, and the use of nuclear weapons is also possible — a new report has been released about this by the RAND Corporation, traditionally called the “shadow CIA” and the “Pentagon at a distance.” RAND publishes three possible scenarios for “unintended” escalation: 1. If a Russian […]

Sergey Stankevich23.04.2023

The movement of oil supplies from the Russian Federation from the European direction to China has accelerated sharply. With accelerating economic growth, China is changing its oil import strategy. Between November 2022 and January 2023, Chinese state oil companies refrained from explicit and bulk purchases of oil from the Russian Federation. Apparently, they had a […]

Sergey Stankevich03.03.2023

In China, the “Two Sessions” kicked off, marking the end of a bidecadal reshuffling of the country’s most powerful positions. After the landmark victory of the nation’s leader Xi Jinping at the 20th Congress of the ruling Communist Party in October 2022, he continues to consolidate power. The two sessions in March 2023 include: (1) […]

Sergey Stankevich26.01.2023

In the past year, the global car market as a whole sank: cars began to be bought less. But there is a notable exception. According to DIGITIMES research, annual sales of EVs reached 9.78 million units in 2022, which means an annual growth rate of 49%! 14 million EVs are expected to be sold in […]

Ilya Shpurov22.05.2022

The search for new ways of economic development through the interpretation and properties of the continuum of social ties. The author’s conviction that it is always productive to look for new possible points of view on subjects that seem to us the most familiar and ordinary, was the reason for writing this article. The search […]

Nicholas Erin25.06.2020

Tokyo in search for paths to entice financial professionals and institutions from troubled Hong Kong in a bid to become Asia`s top financial hub as ongoing protests and Beijing reaction seen as premier advantage to promote Japanese capital. Japan is considering free-visa regime, tax ease and free offices for asset managers, traders and bankers under […]

Analysis & Forecast

Europeans are Against Continuing the War in Ukraine

European Elections and Far-Right Parties: Has Fascism Returned to Europe?

Real Threat of a Nuclear Strike on Europe

“I Was Wrong… Everything Didn’t Go According to Plan”

The Conflict in Ukraine May Become International

What’s with the Russian Oil?

Movement of Tectonic Plates

Electrification of the World’s Vehicle Fleet

Socio-cultural Ties and Economic Development

Japan Set in Race to Take Place of Hong Kong as Asia’s Top Financial Centre

Winston Churchill Through My Father’s Eyes

World War I Heroes In Memoriam: Part One

Build Where We Can, Not Where We Want

MUFG Bank Fires Worker for Stealing Over ¥1 Bil from Customers