Vladimir Pachkov, SJ

Teaches at the St. Thomas Theological Institute in Moscow

The Religious Dimension of Russia’s ‘Turn to the East’

In one of his online programs, Professor Zhang Weiwei (张维为), who teaches international relations at Fudan University, said that Japan…

3 months ago

BRICS Plus: An alternative to the current world order?

It all began in November 2001 when Jim O’Neill of the investment bank Goldman Sachs published the paper “Building Better…

5 months ago

China’s Role in the Reconciliation of Iran and Saudi Arabia

In Beijing on March 10, 2023, representatives of Iran and Saudi Arabia signed an agreement in which they pledged to…

11 months ago

Russia in the Arctic: Between realpolitik and mythology of the north

Recently the German newspaper Die Welt reported that more and more Americans are moving from the south to the north…

1 year ago

Gorbachev: A Portrait

In contemporary history, few people arouse so many conflicting opinions as Mikhail Gorbachev. Some extol him as the man who…

1 year ago

2022: A Watershed Year For Kazakhstan?

The tragic events of January 2022 once again revealed how the republics that emerged from the collapse of the USSR…

2 years ago

The Karaites of Crimea: Turks and Jews?

A series of documentaries on the history of all Turkish peoples up to the present day – Zaman Yolcusu. Türklerin…

2 years ago

India and Russia

In 2019, a Russian researcher wrote about how the strategic collaboration between Russia and India can be summed up in…

2 years ago

Putin’s Russia

Twenty years after the election of Vladimir Putin as president of Russia, the country is at a crossroads, a critical…

2 years ago

Belarus and the European Union

Crisis at the border More and more often, decisions taken by the government of one country or the outcome of…

2 years ago