... Square in Kyiv, which actually were the starting point for the current Ukrainian crisis. Just a few months later in February 2014, the democratically elected president was
overthrown
. Radical nationalists seized state power and began to impose an anti-Russian agenda on the entire country.
Ukraine’s Eastern regions, which have gravitated towards Russia, did not agree with this. But those who seized power unleashed a genuine terror against this part of the population.
For a long time, Russia had tried ...
As the world's two super-nuclear powers, the relations of Russia and the U.S. are inseparable from nuclear risk
Since the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Russia and the United States have been engaged in an almost open nuclear game, but in different forms and with different objectives. Both Russia ...
... of respect and goodwill that many other countries initially had for them.
In Ukraine, the geopolitically and geo-economically sound idea of a militarily neutral country enjoying the trade, investment, and logistical benefits of its position between Russia and the European Union was dismissed by Washington as “giving the Kremlin a veto right” over its neighbor’s security status. Instead, NATO’s unrestrained expansion was upheld as almost a sacred principle. This led to an outcome that many ...
In the coming years, Russia’s policy in the Eurasian space will most likely be aimed at avoiding excessive obligations, but at the same time strengthening relations with those countries that are really interested in cooperating with Moscow, as well as strengthening the ...
Russia and China as prominent spacefaring nations could contribute to the understanding of the space economy—space security nexus, utilizing existing levers to make space diplomats and space companies agree upon acting in a mutually beneficial, sustainable ...
... # 48 / 2023
RIAC and ECSSR Policy Brief # 48 / 2023
The world is currently undergoing a period of high turbulence in the political, economic, and climate spheres. Caused by numerous factors, including those directly affecting the interests of Russia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the prospects for developing cooperation between the two countries in various fields, particularly, in the energy sector, has been significantly impacted.
What forms the wide scope of common interests between ...
Washington intends to cash in on the topic of alleged military-technological cooperation between Russia and the DPRK or China and the DPRK, in order to build anti-Russian and anti-Chinese sentiments in the Republic of Korea and Japan
In foreign media and academic articles, they increasingly often refer to a “Beijing-Moscow-Pyongyang axis” that ...
For the past several decades, our world has become a more chaotic and dangerous place
On October 5, 2023, the leading experts on global politics from Russia and around the world convened at the Valdai discussion club meeting to exchange opinions on the changes and challenges that the current international order is going through.
What distinguishes the aforementioned event from the multitude other of ...
... negotiations should be coupled with an analysis of the real capabilities and intentions of the parties to defend their interests under the current conditions.
The Ukrainian crisis that has snowballed into an intense military-political conflict between Russia and the Western nations supporting Ukraine implies a clash of the political interests, whose significance is defined by the participants as vital and crucial, which sharply limits the likelihood of reaching any settlement. The conflict’s current ...
... bolstered Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and met with Israel’s war cabinet to demonstrate U.S. support for Netanyahu’s goal of “exterminating Hamas.”
Biden made the case for linking aid to Israel to providing more funds for the proxy war against Russia in Ukraine, which has come under fire in Congress. The ouster of Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on October 3 has plunged the House into chaos. The issue identified by those behind his ouster was made by Rep. Matt Gaetz, who criticized ...
