distribution of prizes and diplomas of the Calcutta Mcdical Collego came off oil the 10th instant, at 5 p. m., at the Theatro Hall. Dr. T. Oldham, ll.d., in tho chair. Amongst the visitors were His Honor the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, the Director of Public Instruction, Mr. Woodrow, and Dr. Murray. The medical faculty mustered strong, and there was a sprinkling of ladies. Dr. Chevers, the a...

According to the analysis presented in the article, the main threat to Finnish security is no more a conflict between the great powers, into which Finland would be drawn, but rather geopolitical spillover from a crisis in Russian-Baltic relations. Weighing the pros and cons of Finnish (and Swedish) Nato-membership in this context, the author concludes that Finland’s and Sweden’s Nato-membership...

Geopolitical competition between Russia and the US and EU on the periphery of the former USSR has complicated efforts to resolve lingering conflicts in Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Nagorno-Karabakh, and Transnistria. Regional and great power rivalries often obscure the distinctive local factors in each of these conflicts, which are ultimately crucial to their resolution. In addition, changes in loc...

due to its geopolitical position, the city of antioch had always been the scene of confrontation and tension between the great powers of the ancient era since its establishment in the seleucid era until the late sassanid era. the findings of this research indicate that the structure of antioch was checkered in pattern and it derived its political, economic, commercial, religious and military si...

after the bolshevik revolution in 1917, he three transcaucasian republics (azerbaijan, armenia, georgia) were emerged.but because of the great powers' rivalry in transcaucasia, withholding of recognition of the republics by the allies in paris peace conference (1919), and the continuous conflicts between the republics themselves, the soviet :union: easily defeated the republics and annexed...

the caucasus has seen numerous crises since the region gained independence following the collapse of the soviet :union:. some of these crises have not been resolved yet as evidenced by recent russia-georgia conflict. this paper seeks to analyze such crises within the framework of significant geopolitical changes unfolded by the collapse of the soviet :union:. the author argues that in the post-...