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Alexander Khokhlov

Alexander Khokhlov is Rector of the Nizhni Novgorod State University in Russia, and the author of an extensive number of scientific works on physics. For his textbook Solid States Physics he was awarded with the Prize of the Government of Russia in the field of science.

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The Russian military analyst, Vladimir Slipchenko, argues that a new era of asymmetric warfare has begun. Against international terrorism, conventional or guided missiles are futile. An effective response requires a new civil-military force, and a post-Nato counter-terrorism alliance – one that includes Russia.