Dear friends, we are glad to represent our 8th issue of the Public Diplomacy Journal under the brand of the Meeting Russia program.

Topic: "Impossible to Forget: Why the Memory of the Great Patriotic War is Important for Russians".

In this issue, we have gathered articles that contribute to explaining to foreign readers the significance of…

In December 2015, I posted in my blog about the huge potential of the BRICS in developing cooperation for the development of inclusive economies and societies devoid of the neocolonialist new world order dictate that seems to be still imposed on most developing nations. In that article, I stated, “we have hope – the development of the BRICS…

“Privet Moskva! Kak dela?” asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as he took the stage to address the large Indian diaspora that had gathered to see him in Moscow. A couple of months have passed, yet the takeaways of Modi’s trip to Moscow remain evident. Over the last few years, more and more Indians have come to Russia to open new businesses, seek…

In geopolitics, the actors of international relations are classified as sea power and land power according to their main power trajectory during military operations. Land power operates its army in terrestrial areas more successfully while sea power projects its forces along the maritime routes more operatively. For example, Russia and China are…

China’s rise as a great power is the most important geopolitical challenge confronting the US today. Washington remains concerned over Beijing’s expanding economic and strategic influence around three maritime zones in the Indo-Pacific region, including the South China Sea, the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. Thus, the Indo-Pacific region…

While the world is focused on the crises taking place in Ukraine and Palestine, another region is showing signs of growing instability: the Balkans. Specifically, two key areas in the Balkans – Bosnia and Kosovo – have yet to be permanently stabilized, even after the wars in the nineties. However, while in Kosovo tensions remain at bay and the…

The ongoing conflict in Ukraine has reached a critical juncture, raising fears that it could escalate into a broader European conflict. Initially a regional dispute, the conflict now poses a serious threat to the entire continent. The United States appears to be driving the conflict, seeing potential benefits regardless of the outcome. However, Europe…

Immanuel Kant: “Heaven has given mankind three things to counterbalance the many hardships of life: Hope, sleep and laughter.”




Kant bench at Philosophenweg, Königsberg, April 2024
Going through life with humor and serenity
Moose stand for strength, endurance and grandeur. Moose are the native symbol of East Prussia and, among other…

Author - Ulrike Reisner, political scientist, Vienna, Austria. Original publication on picreadi.com

The EU institutions are working hard to identify and remove allegedly harmful and destabilizing foreign content. Projects such as EUvsDisinfo serve as production centers for the simplest opinion-forming, which is based on simple friend-foe dichotomies…

ISSUE #7 OF THE PUBLIC DIPLOMACY JOURNAL UNDER THE BRAND OF THE MEETING RUSSIA PROGRAM.

The topic of the issue is "Just Like in the Movies: Extraordinary Lives of Ordinary Russians".

Cinema art is of course one of the best soft power instruments. Isn’t Hollywood a great example? Amazingly, Americans fish out persons in the Western culture…

On May 19th, news of a helicopter crash involving Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, his Foreign Minister, and other senior officials sent shockwaves around the world. The incident, which occurred while the President was returning from a ceremony on the border with Azerbaijan, quickly became a source of conflicting narratives.
Initially, Iranian…

Russian-African ties pose both opportunities and challenges for African countries, but Moscow's renewed engagement in Africa raises concerns among Western nations.


The African continent is witnessing a noticeable escalation in the competition between the United States and Russia. Both superpowers are seeking to strengthen their influence and…