... that nuclear weapons—for as long as they exist—should serve defensive purposes, deter aggression, and prevent war.” [
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These provisions, in slightly different versions, are endlessly repeated in official documents of the UN, the OSCE and NATO, Russia, the United States, China, the UK and France, as well as other nuclear-weapon states, [
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] not to mention the libraries of scientific and political literature on the subject.
Nevertheless, these mottoes are by no means as unambiguous as they seem....
... Western markets, the search for alternative suppliers in friendly countries, as well as reliable mechanisms for financial transactions that are not related to the US dollar or other Western currencies
The significant number of sanctions against Russia has naturally led to an increase in the number of attempts to circumvent them. If before the start of the Special Military Operation in Ukraine (SMO) in February 2022, investigations into violations of sanctions regimes against Russia were a rather ...
In July 2023, two notable international summits took place: the European Union-Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (EU-CELAC) Summit and the Africa-Russia Summit. Below are some impressions to assess to compare the implications of both events. A comparative analysis of the final declarations of both summits yields the following impressions:
Although the EU-CELAC Summit had a relatively positive outcome ...
A golden route to the economic prosperity of Iran?
Recently, the development of the North-South international transportation corridor has been widely
discussed
in Russia, due to its economic benefits, as well as reorientation of the Russian economy from West to East. This route is the shortcut from Russia to India. It was first
used
by the Russian merchant Afanasy Nikitin back in the 15th century, and then later ...
When al-Sisi became the country’s new president in 2014, Russia and Egypt entered a new stage in their bilateral relations
The anniversary of the inauguration of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi on June 30, 2013 was celebrated in the wake of an alarming situation. For several days, Morsi’s opponents shook ...
The whole idea that someone—be it Moscow, Washington or Beijing—can ‘lose’ India looks excessively arrogant, if not completely preposterous
Is Russia losing India? They raise this question at practically every conference, workshop or an expert meeting on Russian-Indian relations since the times of the Soviet disintegration in early 1990s. Quite often, the predominant views expressed by participants ...
The choice of St. Petersburg to host last weeks Russia-Africa summit was no accident. It was a symbolic move
Last week’s Russia-Africa summit in St. Petersburg was a landmark event in Moscow’s foreign policy concept and practice. Not so much because it brought scores of African leaders and senior ...
The book contains a lot of well-researched material and will be of use to a wide range of readers and scholars
The book “Nuclear Russia” is coming out at the crucial and difficult period for nuclear (and, in fact not just nuclear) arms control, non- proliferation and disarmament. To put it squarely, towards the end of the second decade of the 21st century this process ended up ...
... immanent injustice of international politics
The basis of the modern international order is the procedure created by the countries of the West, and the central idea underlying this procedure is the immanent injustice of international politics. Even after Russia succeeds in Ukraine, it would be somewhat naive to expect our adversaries to change their views on the world, since it is tantamount to demanding a change in their philosophy of life, writes Valdai Club Programme Director
Timofei Bordachev
.
The ...
... Presidential Elections: What to Expect from the New Head of State?
After the break-up of the Soviet Union, new players appeared on the map of Eurasia, which were actively involved by Western countries in their transportation and logistics projects bypassing Russia. Central Asia and South Caucasus were drawn in as potential participants of various logistics projects in the sphere of energy supplies to Europe, while the European Union, in its turn, worked out the issues of expanding economic ties with the ...
