Trump’s victory will be undesirable for Tehran, but it is difficult to call it mortally dangerous for the country
Given that American foreign policy today is largely burdened with containing
Russia
and
China
, an active anti-Iranian policy may face a lack of resources. Therefore, Trump’s victory will be undesirable for Tehran.
The outcome of the US presidential elections has very little significance for Russia. The elections are also unlikely to fundamentally change the course of American foreign...
... status, protect the Russian language, and respect the rights and freedoms of its citizens.
The Istanbul Agreements initialed on 29 March 2022 by the Russian and Ukrainian delegations could serve as a basis for the settlement. They provide for Kiev's refusal to join NATO and contain security guarantees for Ukraine while recognizing the realities on the ground at that moment. Needless to say, in over two years, these realities have considerably changed, including in legal terms.
On 14 June, President ...
The decision was long overdue and is a response to reckless agression from Washington
Updating Russia’s nuclear doctrine is certainly not a spontaneous step. It is long overdue and is linked to the fact that the current level of atomic deterrence has proven inadequate. Especially given that it failed to prevent the West from waging a hybrid war against our country.
Until recently, the desire to inflict a strategic defeat on us was considered insane and impossible, given that Russia is a nuclear...
Trying to change the world, per se, is pointless, as no one will be able to transform it in the way desired
When global tensions began to intensify a few years ago, discussion of major war as a real possibility gradually shifted from the tabloids to respectable analysis. While such a topic had been considered inappropriate, ignoring it became increasingly difficult as the signs of general disorder multiplied.
Many agreed that nuclear weapons prevent a world war, i.e., a direct clash between the...
... as agencies of the CIS and CSTO, are now cooperating with the Afghan General Directorate of Intelligence on counterterrorism, and this interaction is yielding some positive results. In February 2024, head of Uzbekistan’s State Security Service Abdusalom Azizov visited Kabul—a sign of high-level cooperation. The information provided by Afghanistan’s intelligence directorate has helped prevent at least 15 terrorist attacks in Iran. The Taliban view ISIS [
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] not only as ideological adversaries ...
China's success should teach us that no other nation should try to copy China's model but should instead create a national model for itself
A couple of months ago, I came to Shanghai for a workshop hosted by Fudan University. As a part of the standard local hospitality, they took our group on a cruise on the Huangpu River. It was late in the evening, and we enjoyed a magnificent view of the city with the brilliantly lighted and impressive futuristic skyscrapers.
Andrey Kortunov:
No Nation Is an...
Washington’s extreme reaction is due to panic at the fact that it’s losing its monopoly on global media
In late 1986 Yegor Ligachev, the secretary of the Soviet Communist Party’s Central Committee, and Viktor Chebrikov, then-head of the KGB, proposed that the country end the practice of jamming foreign radio stations. ‘Enemy voices’ was the popular term used at the time to describe these broadcasts from abroad.
Of course, the two prominent officials were not imbued with bourgeois ideas when seeking...
... Minister Petteri Orpo, he attended the summer meeting of the National Coalition Party's ministerial group in Rovaniemi, the administrative centre of Finland's northernmost region. Where exactly and when will NATO's growing presence in the “Land of a Thousand Lakes” be deployed?
How is Finland integrating into NATO?
Jan Oberg:
The Nordic Сountries: More Militarism and Confrontation Where Creativity, Security and Peace Were Eminently Possible
Suomi became NATO's 31
st
member on April 4, 2023, preceded ...
The presence of colossal stockpiles of nuclear weapons in two or three great military powers reduces the likelihood of a general war in its traditional sense
The presence of colossal stockpiles of nuclear weapons in two or three great military powers reduces the likelihood of a general war in its traditional sense. However, the state of “a world that will not be at peace” promised by George Orwell also looks like it is balancing on the edge of something that would render any theoretical constructions...
When the US demanded total self-sacrifice from the countries of the former Soviet Union, Georgia bucked the trend
Relations between Georgia and the West – which were already difficult – took a new turn last week when the leader of the ruling Georgian Dream party said that funding of the opposition by the United States and the European Union amounted to “crossing red lines.”
With an election on the horizon, Bidzina Ivanishvili, widely considered the de facto leader of the party, and its honorary...
