Syrian Vertical – the Fall of B. Assad’s Regime and Its Consequences for the World and Region
Despite the great desire of the Syrian regime of B. Assad to remain in power, the events in Syria have been developing not to its advantage and are approaching their logical end. All of this looks like the “Libyan” scenario, when the preconditions had been created for removing the current leaders from power
Project of the renewal of energy strategy of Ukraine till 2013, caused a wide discussion around the prospects of the Ukrainian electric energy production
the military-political situation in the Middle East remains tense and threatens with a new aggravation of the situation in the nearest future
The “South Stream” Project and Its Influence on the Reformation of the Ukrainian Gas Economy
The beginning of the construction of the “South Stream” gas pipeline shows that Ukraine has little time for reforms in the energy sphere...
The main problematic aspect of the current development of the European space, directly influencing the situation around Ukraine, is the sharpening of the finance-economic problems in the EU countries
V. Putin’s return to the post of the President of the Russian Federation was marked with a sharp activation of neo-empire and neo-colonial components of Russia's foreign policy. First of all, it concerns the strategic initiatives of Moscow as to the foundation of the Euro-Asian Union, which is now the main idea and one of the main directions of the RF's leaders' activity.
Iran’s influence on the situation in the Near East region and Persian Gulf is growing and, no doubt, alarms the USA and its allies. Especially this growing has accelerated after the USA withdrew their troops from Iraq. At the moment the Islamic Republic of Iran is in fact the most influential military force in the Persian Gulf zone.
Reforms of Ukraine’s Electric Energy Market — Are They the Way to Thriving or to a Catastrophe?
The project of the Law of Ukraine “About the principles of functioning of the Ukraine’s electric energy market”...
Customs Union as an Instrument of Implementation of Russia's Geo-Political Plans at the Post-Soviet Area
A strategic goal of the Russian Federation’s foreign policy at the current stage of its development is reestablishment of its role of a great world state, equal to other world centres of force. Achieving this goal means establishing Russian control at the post soviet territories through various integration structures, which include countries of the former USSR.
Bohdan Sokolovskyi
Traditionally, energy remains the main driving force of the world economy. Industrial revolutions of the 19th and 20th centuries confirm this. The first one was connected with mass production and use of coal, the second one - with oil and gas. Later nuclear power played an important role.
