This essay aims to give a better understanding of the extremely complex concept of Islam that nowadays seems to be the centre of an articulated dispute arisen after the horrific attacks of 9/11. The first chapter analyses the meaning of Islam commencing from the etymological roots to the study of […]
War
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Days to Forget, Always Remembered
It was a fledgling morning, the day we escaped. Sirens startled us awake, united by the haste of feet, and what signalled...
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Atomic Shadows
A burst of white plasma blinds innocent young eyes, incandescent… iridescent… until all humour melts away to a...
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Russian military op in Syria focuses on bringing peace, security back to region
Over the first 7 days of the military operation in Syria that started on September 30, 2015, after request for help...
Mythology’s Lore
Hoplites march to a bloodied beat, void of all notion – their impending demise. The sickle shines brightest when sun catches blade, and children and wives dance frenzied in mind. They are but ants to deities of old, no man can compete with the terms they have set. Inner conflict […]
Read more ›The latest Corbyn fad: a friend of terrorists.
Jeremy Corbyn, a prospective leader of the Labour party, seems to have taken the United Kingdom by storm. With the hard left championing him as a hero, and the centre-left all the way to the hard right condemning him as a harbinger of the left’s destruction. Naturally, scrutiny of his […]
Read more ›Experts, politicians speak in favor of preserving US-Russian INF treaty
The situation with the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty signed by Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan on December 8, 1987, remains questionable as tensions between the two nuclear powers remain. Both sides still have unresolved concerns towards each other over the document. In particular, in the 2015 US State Department […]
Read more ›Baltic Countries, Whole World Must Remember, Honor True Heroes of War against Nazi Germany
Citizens of the Baltic States, like all people without exception, must remember and honor the names of the true heroes who fought against the Nazi occupation during the Second World War, write Mikhail Krysin, well-known Russian researcher of history of the Baltic States, author of numerous scientific publications and several […]
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