In previous articles we have shown that American shipbuilding and sea freight have indeed “run aground”, having ceded global leadership to China. The Shipping for America Act of 2025 (SHIPS) bill now under discussion in the bowels of Congress is intended to restore the shipbuilding industry and ocean shipping. However, the problem requires even greater organizational efforts of a protectionist nature, which the United States is now beginning to undertake.

Decades of U.S. government neoliberal apathy have damaged the strategically important maritime sector. The decline in shipbuilding capacity, the shortage of labor in shipbuilding and the maritime domain, and the shrinking merchant fleet mean that the United States relies on other countries for international trade and lacks strategic sealift capabilities to support its armed forces in wartime. To protect American shipbuilding and shipping, a bill known as the Shipbuilding for America Act (SHIPS Act) has been introduced in Congress.

China’s shipbuilding industry has experienced an unimaginable rise over the past 20 years, becoming the undisputed global leader not only in civilian but also in military shipbuilding. Having realized its industrial might, China intends to translate it into global strategic advantages.

Hedonism – the desire to live for your own pleasure – is often called one of the scourges of modern times. At first glance, what could be wrong with avoiding negativity and seeking bright colors and pleasant sensations in life, joy and comfort? The problem is that today we often understand hedonism in a very narrow way, striving for endless entertainment and excess, immoderate consumption, the immediate fulfillment of our desires. And here it is very important to figure out whether such pleasures can really make you truly happy, and whether they will lead to dangerous addictions and the destruction of relationships that matter to you.

“I feel uneasy with him,” “her assertiveness makes me anxious,” “I don’t feel safe in this relationship.” Why do genuinely loving, passionate partners who are ready to walk down the aisle sometimes still feel unsafe? The truth is, any relationship must be carefully built at a pace comfortable for both partners.

The lack of love from significant adults, especially parents, can cause serious emotional trauma in a child, which later negatively affects their adult life. Those whose parents were distant, cold, preoccupied with work or their own problems, may develop emotional deprivation – a lack of emotional connection sometimes called the "unloved child syndrome."

The Open Eurasian Film Award “Diamond Butterfly” was presented for the first time in Moscow: the main prize of one million dollars went to the Chinese film “Against the Current”.

A large-scale festival "Maya and Rodion" will take place in Moscow and St. Petersburg from November 20 to December 16 in honor of the 100th anniversary of Maya Plisetskaya and Rodion Shchedrin, featuring broadcasts and tours.

Yuri Bashmet’s project “Chaikovsky’s Path” is a large-scale musical marathon dedicated to the great composer, uniting cities connected with his life and work.

Recently in Accra, at the partner Russian House of the Center for Public Diplomacy, an intensive course was launched to help Ghanaian students of the targeted enrollment program adapt to life in Russia before they soon leave to study at Novosibirsk State Technical University (NSTU).

An 8% decline in the number of students in India's primary schools over the past two years could lead to serious consequences.

As of January 1, 2025, Russia has 1,115 higher education institutions, with Lomonosov Moscow State University taking first place in the ranking of the best universities in Russia in 2024. But which other institutions train highly qualified specialists?