... institution relative to other international structures of regional ilk, which embraces all the major topics of the international agenda, such as socio-economic progress, national and regional development, rather than just the issues of war and peace or international security.
That this picture was far from reality became increasingly clear as negative trends in international relations grew in momentum. In recent decades, which were marked by the complex dynamics of international relations as well as ...
On September 30 – October 1, 2022, Middle East Council on Global Affairs, Qatar, held an international conference in a hybrid format on the situation in the Middle East: reset, great power competition and regional (in)stability
On September 30 – October 1, 2022,
Middle East Council on Global Affairs
, Qatar, held an international conference in a hybrid format on the situation in the Middle East: reset, great power competition and regional (in)stability. Experts from the region, from Europe, the...
... 2022 included a series of workshops, as well as several panel discussions on key regional and global trends. In particular, there were discussions on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine military conflict on the global economy and international security. In addition, the participants discussed the problems of food security, global trends in the energy sector, as well as environmental challenges. A special attention was paid to instable countries of the Middle East and North Africa....
Working paper № 69 / 2022
Working paper № 69 / 2022
The working paper explores the factors that predetermined the Western switch from divergence to convergence in the 2020s along with the key features of the commenced consolidation within the ranks of the Collective West. Is current Western unity incidental or strategic? Is it transient or long-standing? How much do the interests of the major power centers of the Collective West diverge? How likely is this unity to extend to subsequent engagement...
On September 23, 2022, Shanghai Institute for International Studies (SIIS), in partnership with The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University, held the tenth online international high-level expert round table, dedicated to the trends in the development of world politics in the context of acute recent crises
On September 23, 2022, Shanghai Institute for International Studies (SIIS), in partnership with The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard...
While Xi Jinping may respect the legitimacy of Russia’s actions to protect its national interests and security in the face of external forces, he has a greater interest in having a bird’s eye view of China’s greatest costs of war
During the Cold War, the Soviet Union and the United States competed for global supremacy numerous times by waging proxy wars around the world; Afghanistan, Vietnam, and Angola being the most notable. Today, Russia has been relegated to a secondary power position with...
Priorities and Opportunities under the New Normal
In the midst of a deepening multidimensional crisis in contemporary international relations, it is increasingly important to ensure a nation’s survival. The latter can be construed as the resilience of national economy under a long-term instability of the global markets, restricted trade-economic and investment opportunities, unfair competition and transport blockade. Furthermore, the national political system must be capable of ensuring a normal...
On September 9, 2022, Shanghai Institute for International Studies (SIIS), in partnership with The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University, held the ninth online international high-level expert round table, dedicated to the trends in the development of world politics in the context of acute recent crises
On September 9, 2022, Shanghai Institute for International Studies (SIIS), in partnership with The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard...
On August 29, 2022, with the assistance of The Shaikh Group political consultancy, the ordinary virtual expert meeting on security issues in the regions of the Middle East and North Africa took place
On August 29, 2022, with the assistance of The Shaikh Group political consultancy, the ordinary virtual expert meeting on security issues in the regions of the Middle East and North Africa took place.
Experts from Russia, the USA, a number of European countries, China, and India took part in the discussion...
NATO and its partners will soon have to think about the limits and purpose of expanding the organization’s areas of activity
The 2022 NATO Summit in Madrid can be seen as a momentous occasion not just for NATO but also for security in the Asia-Pacific. For the first time in NATO’s 73-year-long history, Japanese and South Korean leaders participated in the meeting as “Asia-Pacific partners”. For the first time, the Alliance named China a threat in their documents. However, having approached the...
