International relations

In international relations, the term "power" is categorized in three forms: hard, soft and smart. Smart power refers mainly to the use of soft means of influence, such as diplomacy, combined with the exercise of hard, military power.

"It is clear that we are interested in ending the Ukrainian conflict as soon as possible. We have several times explained in detail the reasons for everything that is happening and the goals. We have explained in detail, and not once, the reasons for what is happening and those goals that we have in this regard," Lavrov said after a meeting with Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira.

Greece and Turkey will have the opportunity to reassess what unites them after the elections that are scheduled to take place in both countries in May, Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said on Friday, during a visit to the island of Imvros in Turkey. 

About 30 years ago, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, ideas about the "free market" and its magical powers were becoming almost depressingly dominant.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday revised upwards its forecast for the Greek economy this year to 2.6% from its autumn forecast of 1.8% in October 2022, and said the Greek economy was expected to grow by 1.5% in 2024 from 1.4%.

Turkey's foreign minister has said there are islands in the Aegean "whose sovereignty has not been determined" and where there are "violations," in an apparent return to the questioning of Greek sovereignty over its islands in the region.

If I told you 25 years ago that Finland, the country that was absolutely synonymous with the concept of strict geopolitical neutrality, would joined NATO; that in Switzerland, the country that was considered for decades the safest banking destination on the planet, one of its two largest banks would collapse; that in the United States, a former president would find himself in a criminal court f

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Thursday evening that, for now, Serbia was succeeding in maintaining its military neutrality and that it wanted to side neither with NATO nor with any other country.

Beijing has asked the United States, Japan and the Netherlands to confirm the existence of an alleged agreement between the three countries to curb semiconductor exports to China, state media reported yesterday.

Beijing's representatives issued the request during a regular meeting this week at the World Trade Organization (WTO), according to a state television broadcast.

Finland is poised to join NATO on Tuesday, a historic realignment brought on by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but the head of the military alliance said it would not send more troops to the Nordic country unless it asked for help.