Vitaly Bilan
20.01.2014
Arab Spring: an end to this eastern tale?
After its triumphant start in 2011-2012, recently the “flagship” of the Arab uprisings, the Islamic movement Muslim Brotherhood, sponsored by…
19.11.2013
Sudan: on the brink of a new conflict?
In late October, the pro-South Sudan Ngok Dinka tribe in the disputed province of Abyei began to vote unilaterally to…
30.10.2013
Washington’s Afghan Conundrum
It appears that the present state of affairs in the signing of cooperative security agreement between the U.S. and Afghanistan…
05.08.2013
The Greater Middle East: from nationalism to “Somalisation”
The events of the so-called Arab Spring have demonstrated that the Middle Eastern nation-states, as is the case with European…
31.07.2013
On the situation in Sinai
With the sharp deterioration of the situation in Sinai (especially in its northern part), which occurred in Egypt after the…
20.05.2013
Israel, Iran and the Syrian issue
The unsuccessful attempts to overthrow the Assad regime are increasingly moving Israel to center stage, and the footdragging on Syria…
19.04.2013
Obama between the Middle East and the Far East
Against the backdrop of recent White House political missteps, Barack Obama has decided to gamble on making at least some…
07.04.2013
Egypt, France and the Qatar factor
Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohammed Amr visited the French capital in early April. Egyptian news agencies reported that Amr was received…
22.01.2013
Mali: Islamists, Tuaregs and French interests
Carte blanche The UN Security Council supported the military operation France carried out in Mali on January 14 and gave…
03.01.2013
Israel’s elections and the “russian street”
The “Russians” are coming The issue of “Russian” Israelis has reemerged in the Israeli media as the early parliamentary elections…
04.12.2012
Israel’s operation Cloud Pillar in Gaza and the anti-Iranian campaign
A strange war Debates are still raging in both the Israeli and the regional media as to why it was…
10.11.2012
The status of Palestine and the fight for votes
Arab League Secretary General Nabil al-Arabi said the other day that an expanded meeting with representatives from the Arab world…