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| Turkey stands at Iran′s side |
| 16.09.09 12:42 |
Iran |
| Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu paid an official visit to Iran on September 12-13, during which he met Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad, Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, parliamentary speaker Ali Larijani and the secretary of Iran′s Supreme National Security Council and Iran′s chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili. |
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| Valdai sees security as a way back to the future |
| 12.09.09 14:54 |
Global Security |
| Security issues dominated the second day of discussions at the 6th summit of the Valdai Discussion Club in Yakutsk. Sessions held on the topics of a nuclear reset and Euro-Atlantic security architecture illustrated the significance of the impasse on both tracks and the need to continue the debate. |
| RIA Novosti |
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| Stall and spin in Russian air force reform |
| 22.08.09 22:41 |
f.USSR |
| In a series of interviews in August, the Russian Air Force (VVS) commander-in-chief, Colonel-General Aleksandr Zelin, outlined reform plans to enhance air power. He linked the reforms, including development of the new "S-500" air and space defense system, to the future "threat" posed by the United States′ activation in January of the US Air Force Global Strike Command - a new organization that brings nuclear and conventional strike systems under a single command. |
| Asia Times Online |
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| Abbas faces a crisis of credibility |
| 24.07.09 23:09 |
Conflict in Palestine |
| The world is abuzz with the accusations made by senior Fatah member Farouk Kaddoumi (Abu Al Lutf), against Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and former security minister Mohammad Dahlan for having allegedly conspired with former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon to get rid of Yasser Arafat in 2004. |
| Sami Moubayed |
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| Role of Western structures in settlement of Abkhaz conflict |
| 21.07.09 15:16 |
f.USSR |
| One of the most important factors that influence the development of political processes in the Caucasus, in particular in Abkhazia is the geographical one. It is on the strength of this circumstance that Abkhazia has for centuries been involved in processes leading to conflicts of many great powers′ geopolitical aspirations. Greece, Persia, Rome, Byzantium, Iran, Turkey and Russia were the key players on this arena. While in the XIX cent. it was Turkey and Russia that fought for influence in the area, as soon as in the early XX cent. German and British troops arrived in Abkhazia. After the Russian Empire disintegrated in 1917, both Georgia and Abkhazia embarked on the path of shaping independent states. At the same time, Turkey and Germany stepped up their activity. In the words of General Anton Denikin, "mortal fear of a Turkish invasion" urged the Transcaucasian republics to federate. By that time, Germany had acquired a strategic vision of Georgia. |
| Sergei M. Shamba, doctor of science in history, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Abkhazia. |
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