... overstepped the boundaries of decency in its attempts at wishful thinking. But today we have witnessed the US officials hit a new low.
First. The US State Department blatantly distorted the essence of President Vladimir Putin’s February address to the Russian Federal Assembly. The Russian leader made it clear: the US policy is disruptive. In case the United States resumes nuclear testing, we will be ready with a mirror response. However, we will not be the first ones to take such a step.
The US State ...
... South-South format of BRICS+
Yaroslav Lissovolik is the Founder of BRICS+ Analytics
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– a think-tank that explores the potential of the BRICS+ format in the global economy. Previously he worked as chief economist and head of research in Deutsche Bank Russia, the Eurasian Development Bank as well as Sberbank. He also worked as an Advisor to Russia’s Executive Director in the International Monetary Fund. In the beginning of 2017 he developed the BRICS+ concept based on the model of economic cooperation ...
... see the world? How has it affected the current global reality? What is behind Washington's "strategic deterrence" mentality? Global Times (GT) reporter Xia Wenxin discussed these issues with Ivan Timofeev (Timofeev), Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC).
What role do think tanks such as RIAC play in Russia? How does RIAC advise the Russian government on the current international situation?
RIAC is one of the think tanks, and conducting international research ...
The 15th BRICS summit in South Africa is set to bring major changes to the global economic landscape
The 15th BRICS summit in South Africa is set to bring major changes to the global economic landscape as the bloc is preparing to unleash an expansion that may result in a significant increase in its economic weight and influence on the international arena.
China-proposed "BRICS Plus" cooperation approach launched in 2017 is bearing its fruits as dozens of developing economies have enthusiastically...
... this trend with a view to preserving its own hegemony have an exactly opposite effect. The international community is tired of the blackmail and pressure from the Western elites and their colonial and racist manners. That is why, for example, not only Russia, but also a number of other countries are consistently reducing their dependence on the US dollar, switching to alternative payment systems and national currency settlements. I recall the wise words of Nelson Mandela: "When the water starts ...
Ivan Timofeev, RIAC Director General, and Feng Yujun, Deputy Director of the Institute of International Studies, Director of the Center for Russia and Central Asia Studies at Fudan University, addressed the participants with welcoming remarks
On August 17, 2023, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) together with Institute of International Studies of Fudan University (China) held ...
... religious freedom during several recent decades, strangely keep silent at a time when the rights of Orthodox believers in Ukraine are trampled underfoot. The government agencies lack sufficient resolve to condemn Kiev’s religious policy. Finally, when Russia raises this issue at the UN Security Council, referring to the UN Charter and expressing concern over the problems faced by its Christian Orthodox brethren, whose rights are violated, other Security Council members insist that whatever is transpiring ...
Such sanctions are unlikely to ensure the blockade of Russia desired by the Western initiators. This was not achieved even with respect to Iran, whose economy is smaller than Russia's
Another package of US sanctions has caused a stir in connection with restrictive measures against companies from Kyrgyzstan ...
Washington spent a century trying to spread its ideology to Moscow. Now it has sanctioned our most ardent capitalists. How to even describe this sort of hypocrisy?
The imposition of US sanctions against the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP) is something of a paradox. The RSPP reflects the interests of businessmen and companies - ie. the locomotives of the capitalist economy.
So, by definition, these are the very people who most believe ...
I believe the current crisis does not give incentives for the mainstream expert community in Russia to open up to the West anytime soon
At the height of the Cold War, the Esalen Institute made a difference in Soviet-US relations, initiating and maintaining some of them through Esalen Track-2 and Track-1.5 Diplomacy.
Today Multi-Track Diplomacy ...
